Romans 7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
An Analogy from Marriage
7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime? 2 Thus a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. 3 Accordingly, 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 In the same way, my friends,[b] you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.
The Law and Sin
7 What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet.’ 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived 10 and I died, and the very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
13 Did what is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working 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.
The Inner Conflict
14 For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.[c] 15 I do not understand my own actions. For 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 that the law is good. 17 But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, 23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Gk brothers
- Romans 7:4 Gk brothers
- Romans 7:14 Gk sold under sin
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
Róma 7
Hungarian New Translation
Többé nem vagyunk a törvény uralma alatt
7 Vagy nem veszitek tudomásul, testvéreim, pedig a törvényt ismerőkhöz szólok, hogy a törvény addig uralkodik az emberen, amíg él?
2 Például a férjes asszony is, amíg él a férje, hozzá van kötve a törvény szerint; de ha meghal a férfi, akkor fel van mentve a törvény hatálya alól, amely a férjéhez kötötte.
3 Amíg tehát él a férje, házasságtörőnek számít, ha más férfié lesz, de ha meghalt a férje, megszabadul a törvényes kötöttségtől, és már nem házasságtörő, ha más férfié lesz.
4 Ugyanígy ti is, testvéreim, meghaltatok a törvény számára a Krisztus teste által, s ezért másé vagytok: azé, aki feltámadt a halottak közül, hogy gyümölcsöt teremjünk Istennek.
5 Mert amíg test szerint éltünk, a bűnök törvény által szított szenvedélyei hatottak tagjainkban, amelyek a halálnak termettek gyümölcsöt.
6 Most azonban, miután meghaltunk annak a számára, ami fogva tartott minket, megszabadultunk a törvénytől, úgyhogy az új életben a Lélek szerint szolgálunk, nem pedig az Írás betűje szerint, mint a régiben.
A törvény jó, de a bűn által halált okoz
7 Mit mondjunk tehát? A törvény bűn? Szó sincs róla! Viszont a bűnt nem ismerném, ha nem ismertem volna meg a törvény által, és a kívánságot sem ismerném, ha a törvény nem mondaná: "Ne kívánd!"
8 De a bűn a parancsolattól ösztönzést kapott, és felszított bennem mindenféle kívánságot. Mert a törvény nélkül halott a bűn.
9 Én pedig a törvény nélkül éltem valamikor. Amikor azonban jött a parancsolat, életre kelt a bűn,
10 én pedig meghaltam, és kitűnt, hogy éppen az életre adott parancsolat lett halálommá.
11 Mert a bűn, miután ösztönzést kapott a parancsolattól, megcsalt engem, és megölt általa.
12 A törvény tehát szent, a parancsolat is szent, igaz és jó.
13 Akkor a jó lett halálommá? Szó sincs róla! Ellenben a bűn, hogy meglássék bűn mivolta, a jó által hoz rám halált, így a bűn fokozott mértékben lesz bűnné a parancsolat által.
A belső ember harca a benne lakó bűnnel
14 Tudjuk ugyanis, hogy a törvény lelki, én pedig testi vagyok: ki vagyok szolgáltatva a bűnnek.
15 Hiszen amit teszek, azt nem is értem, mert nem azt cselekszem, amit akarok, hanem azt teszem, amit gyűlölök.
16 Ha pedig azt cselekszem, amit nem akarok, akkor elismerem a törvényről, hogy jó.
17 Akkor pedig már nem is én teszem azt, hanem a bennem lakó bűn.
18 Mert tudom, hogy énbennem, vagyis a testemben nem lakik jó, minthogy arra, hogy akarjam a jót, van lehetőségem, de arra, hogy megtegyem, nincs.
19 Hiszen nem azt teszem, amit akarok: a jót, hanem azt cselekszem, amit nem akarok: a rosszat.
20 Ha pedig azt teszem, amit nem akarok, akkor már nem én teszem, hanem a bennem lakó bűn.
21 Azt a törvényt találom tehát magamban, hogy - miközben a jót akarom tenni - csak a rosszat tudom cselekedni.
22 Mert gyönyörködöm az Isten törvényében a belső ember szerint,
23 de tagjaimban egy másik törvényt látok, amely harcol az értelmem törvénye ellen, és foglyul ejt a bűn tagjaimban lévő törvényével.
24 Én nyomorult ember! Ki szabadít meg ebből a halálra ítélt testből?
25 Hála az Istennek, a mi Urunk Jézus Krisztus! Én magam tehát értelmemmel az Isten törvényének szolgálok ugyan, testemmel azonban a bűn törvényének.
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