Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were (A)put to death (B)in regard to the Law (C)through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. For while we were (D)in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were (E)brought to light by the Law, were at work (F)in [a]the parts of our body to bear fruit for death. But now we have been (G)released from the Law, having (H)died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in (I)newness of (J)the [b]Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 Lit our parts to bear
  2. Romans 7:6 Or spirit

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death. But now we have been released from the law, because we[a] have died to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter of the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:6 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have died”) which is understood as causal