13 Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not!(A) But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

The Problem of Sin in Us

14 For we know that the law is spiritual,(B) but I am of the flesh,[a] sold(C) as a slave under sin.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 Or unspiritual

Internal Conflict with Sin

13 Therefore, did that which is good become death to me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be recognized as sin, producing death through what is good for me, in order that sin might become sinful to an extraordinary degree through the commandment. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into slavery to sin[a].

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:14 Literally “sold under sin”