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Romans 7
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Romans 7
New International Version
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters(A)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(B) 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(C) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(D) through the body of Christ,(E) that you might belong to another,(F) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](G) the sinful passions aroused by the law(H) were at work in us,(I) so that we bore fruit for death.(J) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(K) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(L)
The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(M) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(N) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(O) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b](P) 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(Q) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(R) 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(S) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(T) deceived me,(U) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(V)
13 Did 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(W) to bring about my death,(X) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(Y) sold(Z) as a slave to sin.(AA) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(AB) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(AC) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(AD) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c](AE) 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.(AF) 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.(AG)
21 So I find this law at work:(AH) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(AI) I delight in God’s law;(AJ) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(AK) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(AL) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(AM) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(AN)
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(AO) but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.(AP)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
- Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
Romanos 7
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Romanos 7
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Analogía tomada del matrimonio
7 Puesto que hablo con quienes conocen la ley, les pregunto: ¿Acaso ignoran, hermanos, que la ley ejerce poder sobre alguien mientras esa persona vive? 2 Por ejemplo, por la ley una mujer casada está sujeta a su marido mientras éste vive; pero si el marido muere, ella queda libre de la ley que la sujetaba a él. 3 Así que, si ella se une a otro hombre mientras su marido vive, comete adulterio, pero si su marido muere, ella queda libre de esa ley; de modo que, si se une a otro hombre, no comete adulterio.
4 Así también ustedes, hermanos míos, por medio del cuerpo de Cristo han muerto a la ley, para pertenecer a otro, al que resucitó de los muertos, a fin de que demos fruto para Dios. 5 Porque mientras vivíamos en la carne, las pasiones pecaminosas estimuladas por la ley actuaban en nuestros miembros y producían frutos que llevan a la muerte. 6 Pero ahora que hemos muerto a su dominio, estamos libres de la ley, y de ese modo podemos servir en la vida nueva del Espíritu y no bajo el viejo régimen de la letra.
El pecado que mora en mí
7 ¿Concluiremos entonces que la ley es pecado? ¡De ninguna manera! Sin embargo, de no haber sido por la ley, yo no hubiera conocido el pecado; porque si la ley no dijera: «No codiciarás»,(A) tampoco yo habría sabido lo que es codiciar. 8 Pero el pecado se aprovechó del mandamiento y despertó en mí toda clase de codicia, porque sin la ley el pecado está muerto. 9 En un tiempo, yo vivía sin la ley, pero cuando vino el mandamiento, el pecado cobró vida y yo morí. 10 Entonces me di cuenta de que el mismo mandamiento que debía darme vida, me llevó a la muerte, 11 porque el pecado se aprovechó del mandamiento y me engañó, y por medio de él me mató. 12 Podemos decir, entonces, que la ley es santa, y que el mandamiento es santo, justo y bueno.
13 Pero entonces, ¿lo que es bueno, se convirtió en muerte para mí? ¡De ninguna manera! Más bien el pecado, para demostrar que es pecado, produjo en mí la muerte por medio de lo que es bueno, a fin de que por medio del mandamiento llegara a ser extremadamente pecaminoso. 14 Sabemos que la ley es espiritual. Pero yo soy un simple ser carnal, que ha sido vendido como esclavo al pecado. 15 No entiendo qué me pasa, pues no hago lo que quiero, sino lo que aborrezco.(B) 16 Y si hago lo que no quiero hacer, compruebo entonces que la ley es buena. 17 De modo que no soy yo quien hace aquello, sino el pecado que habita en mí. 18 Yo sé que en mí, esto es, en mi naturaleza humana, no habita el bien; porque el desear el bien está en mí, pero no el hacerlo. 19 Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero. 20 Y si hago lo que no quiero, ya no soy yo quien lo hace, sino el pecado que habita en mí.
21 Entonces, aunque quiero hacer el bien, descubro esta ley: que el mal está en mí. 22 Porque, según el hombre interior, me deleito en la ley de Dios; 23 pero encuentro que hay otra ley en mis miembros, la cual se rebela contra la ley de mi mente y me tiene cautivo a la ley del pecado que está en mis miembros. 24 ¡Miserable de mí! ¿quién me librará de este cuerpo de muerte? 25 Doy gracias a Dios, por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Así que yo mismo, con la mente, sirvo a la ley de Dios, pero con la naturaleza humana sirvo a la ley del pecado.
Romans 7
New King James Version
Romans 7
New King James Version
Freed from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law [a]has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For (A)the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then (B)if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (C)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (D)bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (E)were at work in our members (F)to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (G)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (H)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (I)“You shall not covet.” 8 But (J)sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For (K)apart from the law sin was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, (L)which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore (M)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Law Cannot Save from Sin
13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, (N)sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. (O)For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that (P)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I (Q)delight in the law of God according to (R)the inward man. 23 But (S)I see another law in (T)my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me (U)from this body of death? 25 (V)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 rules
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