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Romans 7
English Standard Version
Romans 7
English Standard Version
Released from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brothers[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For (A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3 Accordingly, (B)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
4 Likewise, my brothers, (C)you also have died (D)to the law (E)through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, (F)in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (G)in our members (H)to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (I)new way of (J)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[c]
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (K)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (L)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (O)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (Q)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (S)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (T)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (U)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (V)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (W)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 (X)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (Y)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (AC)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 4
- Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband
- Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter
Romans 7
New International Version
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
Romani 7
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Romani 7
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Creştinul izbăvit de Lege
7 Nu ştiţi, fraţilor – căci vorbesc unor oameni care cunosc Legea – că Legea are stăpânire asupra omului câtă vreme trăieşte el? 2 Căci femeia(A) măritată este legată prin Lege de bărbatul ei câtă vreme trăieşte el, dar, dacă-i(B) moare bărbatul, este dezlegată de legea bărbatului ei. 3 Dacă, deci, când îi trăieşte bărbatul, ea se mărită după altul, se va chema preacurvă, dar, dacă-i moare bărbatul, este dezlegată de Lege, aşa că nu mai este preacurvă dacă se mărită după altul. 4 Tot astfel, fraţii mei, prin trupul lui Hristos şi voi aţi(C) murit în ce priveşte Legea, ca să fiţi ai altuia, adică ai Celui ce a înviat din morţi, şi aceasta, ca să aducem rod pentru Dumnezeu. 5 Căci, când trăiam sub firea noastră pământească, patimile păcatelor, aţâţate de Lege, lucrau(D) în mădularele noastre şi ne făceau să(E) aducem roade pentru moarte. 6 Dar acum, am fost izbăviţi de Lege şi suntem morţi faţă de Legea aceasta, care ne ţinea robi, pentru ca să slujim lui Dumnezeu într-un(F) duh nou, iar nu după vechea slovă.
Legea dă cunoştinţa păcatului
7 Deci ce vom zice? Legea este ceva păcătos?
Nicidecum! Dimpotrivă, păcatul nu l-am(G) cunoscut decât prin Lege. De pildă, n-aş fi cunoscut pofta, dacă Legea nu mi-ar fi spus: „Să(H) nu pofteşti!”
8 Apoi, păcatul(I) a luat prilejul şi a făcut să se nască în mine, prin poruncă, tot felul de pofte, căci, fără Lege, păcatul este mort. 9 Odinioară, fiindcă eram fără(J) Lege, trăiam, dar când a venit porunca, păcatul a înviat, şi eu am murit. 10 Şi porunca, ea, care(K) trebuia să-mi dea viaţa, mi-a pricinuit moartea. 11 Pentru că păcatul a luat prilejul prin ea m-a amăgit, şi, prin însăşi porunca aceasta, m-a lovit cu moartea. 12 Aşa că Legea(L), negreşit, este sfântă şi porunca este sfântă, dreaptă şi bună. 13 Atunci, un lucru bun mi-a dat moartea? Nicidecum. Dar păcatul, tocmai ca să iasă la iveală ca păcat, mi-a dat moartea printr-un lucru bun, pentru ca păcatul să se arate afară din cale de păcătos, prin faptul că se slujea de aceeaşi poruncă.
Lupta firii pământeşti împotriva Duhului
14 Ştim, în adevăr, că Legea este duhovnicească, dar eu sunt pământesc, vândut(M) rob păcatului. 15 Căci nu ştiu ce fac: nu(N) fac ce vreau, ci fac ce urăsc. 16 Acum, dacă fac ce nu vreau, mărturisesc prin aceasta că Legea este bună. 17 Şi atunci, nu mai sunt eu cel ce face lucrul acesta, ci păcatul care locuieşte în mine. 18 Ştiu, în adevăr, că nimic bun nu locuieşte în(O) mine, adică în firea mea pământească, pentru că, ce-i drept, am voinţa să fac binele, dar n-am puterea să-l fac. 19 Căci binele, pe care vreau să-l fac, nu-l fac, ci răul pe care nu vreau să-l fac, iată ce fac! 20 Şi dacă fac ce nu vreau să fac, nu mai sunt eu cel ce face lucrul acesta, ci păcatul care locuieşte în mine. 21 Găsesc dar în mine legea aceasta: când vreau să fac binele, răul este lipit de mine. 22 Fiindcă după omul dinăuntru îmi(P) place Legea(Q) lui Dumnezeu, 23 dar văd în(R) mădularele mele o altă(S) lege, care se luptă împotriva legii primite de mintea mea şi mă ţine rob legii păcatului, care este în mădularele mele. 24 O, nenorocitul de mine! Cine mă va izbăvi de acest trup de moarte?… 25 Mulţumiri(T) fie aduse lui Dumnezeu, prin Isus Hristos, Domnul nostru!… Astfel dar, cu mintea, eu slujesc Legii lui Dumnezeu; dar cu firea pământească, slujesc legii păcatului.
Romans 7
King James Version
Romans 7
King James Version
7 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in 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 shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 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.
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