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

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

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,^(Q) but in my sinful nature^[b] a slave to the law of sin.^(R)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation^(S) for those who are in Christ Jesus,^{(T) 2} because through Christ Jesus^(U) the law of the Spirit who gives life^(V) has set you^[c] free^(W) from the law of sin^(X) and death. ³ For what the law was powerless^(Y) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[d](Z) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(AA) to be a sin offering.^[e](AB) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement^(AC) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(AD)

⁵ Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^(AE) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^{(AF) 6} The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(AG) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(AH) and peace. ⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(AI) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸ Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(AJ) cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(AK) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(AL) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(AM) they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you,^(AN) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^[f] because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^(AO) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(AP) because of^[g] his Spirit who lives in you.

¹² Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^{(AQ) 13} For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^(AR) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^(AS) you will live.^(AT)

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(AU) are the children of God.^(AV)

Final Exhortations

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!^{(A) 5} Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.^{(B) 6} Do not be anxious about anything,^(C) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.^{(D) 7} And the peace of God,^(E) which transcends all understanding,^(F) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.^(G) And the God of peace^(H) will be with you.