Book of Common Prayer
Not That The Law Killed Me. Sin Is To Blame For My Death
13 Therefore did the good thing become death[a] for me? May it never be! On the contrary, it was sin, in order that it might become-visible as sin while producing death in me through the good thing, in order that sin might become extremely[b] sinful through the commandment.
I Agree The Law Is Good, But The Sin In Me Produces Behavior I Hate
14 For[c] we know that the Law is spiritual. But I am made-of-flesh[d], having been sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand[e] what[f] I am producing. For I am not practicing this which I am wanting, but I am doing this which I am hating. 16 But if I am doing this which I am not wanting, I am agreeing-with[g] the Law— that it is good. 17 And now I am no longer producing it, but the sin[h] dwelling in me is.
I Know I Am Not Good, For I Cannot Do The Good I Want To Do
18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. For the wanting is present in me, but the producing the good is not. 19 For I am not doing the good which I am wanting, but I am practicing this evil which I am not wanting. 20 But if I am doing this which I am not wanting, I am no longer producing it, but the sin[i] dwelling in me is.
So The Evil Inside Me Enslaves Me To The Law of Sin And Death In Me
21 I find then the law[j] in me, the one wanting to do the good, that the evil is present in me. 22 For I am rejoicing-with[k] the Law of God according-to[l] the inner person. 23 But I am seeing a different law in my body-parts waging-war-against[m] the law of my mind, and taking me captive[n] under the law of sin existing in my body-parts. 24 I am a wretched[o] person! Who will deliver me from this[p] body of [q] death? 25 But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself am serving the Law of God with the mind, but the law of sin with the flesh.
Jesus Walks On Water To Capernaum
16 Now when it became evening, His disciples went down to the sea. 17 And having gotten into a boat, they were going to the other side of the sea, to Capernaum. And darkness already had come, and Jesus had not-yet come to them. 18 And the sea was becoming aroused from a great wind blowing. 19 So having rowed about twenty five or thirty stades[a], they see Jesus walking on the sea and becoming near the boat. And they became afraid. 20 But the One says to them, “I am[b] the One. Do not be afraid”. 21 So they were willing to take Him into the boat. And immediately the boat came-to-be at the land to which they were going.
The Crowd Follows Him There
22 On the next day the crowd standing on the other side of the sea saw that there had not been another small boat there except [the] one, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other[c] small-boats came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, the Lord having given-thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they got into the small boats, and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus.
Jesus Says, Work For The Food Leading To Eternal Life, Which The Son Will Give You
25 And having found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when have You come here?” 26 Jesus responded to them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you— you are seeking Me not because you saw signs[d], but because you ate of the loaves-of-bread and were filled-to-satisfaction. 27 Do not be working for the food which is perishing, but for the food which is remaining to[e] eternal life— which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father certified[f] this One”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing