Romans 7:12-25

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¹²So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.^(A)

¹³Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good^(B) to bring about my death,^(C) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

¹⁴We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,^(D) sold^(E) as a slave to sin.^(F) ¹⁵I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.^(G) ¹⁶And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.^(H) ¹⁷As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.^(I) ¹⁸For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.^[a]^(J) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. ¹⁹For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.^(K) ²⁰Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.^(L)

²¹So I find this law at work:^(M) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²²For in my inner being^(N) I delight in God’s law;^(O) ²³but I see another law at work in me, waging war^(P) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin^(Q) at work within me. ²⁴What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?^(R) ²⁵Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!^(S)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,^(T) but in my sinful nature^[b] a slave to the law of sin.^(U)

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Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh

Psalm 108

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Psalm 108^[a]^(A)^(B)

A song. A psalm of David.

¹My heart, O God, is steadfast;^(C)
    I will sing^(D) and make music with all my soul.
²Awake, harp and lyre!^(E)
    I will awaken the dawn.
³I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
⁴For great is your love,^(F) higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness^(G) reaches to the skies.^(H)
⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(I)
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(J)

⁶Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷God has spoken^(L) from his sanctuary:^(M)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(N)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(O)
⁸Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(P) is my scepter.
⁹Moab^(Q) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(R) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(S) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
¹²Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
¹³With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(V) our enemies.