Or do you not know
, abrethren
(for I am speaking
to those who know
the law
), that the law
has
jurisdiction
over
a person
as long
as he lives
?
For athe married woman
is bound
by law
to her 1husband
while he is living
; but if
her husband
dies
, she is released
from the law
2concerning the husband
.
So then
, if
while her husband
is living
she is joined
to another
man
, she shall be called
an adulteress
; but if
her husband
dies
, she is free
from the law
, so that she is not an adulteress
though she is joined
to another
man
.
Therefore, my brethren
, you also
were amade
to die
bto the Law
cthrough
the body
of Christ
, so
that you might be joined
to another
, to Him who was raised
from the dead
, in order
that we might bear
fruit
for God
.
For while we were ain the flesh
, the sinful
passions
, which were baroused by the Law
, were at work
cin 1the members
of our body to bear
fruit
for death
.
But now we have been areleased
from the Law
, having bdied
to that by which
we were bound
, so
that we serve
in cnewness
of dthe 1Spirit
and not in oldness
of the letter
.
aWhat shall we say
then
? Is the Law
sin
? bMay it never
be! On the contrary
, cI would not have come to know
sin
except
1through
the Law
; for I would not have known
about
2coveting
if
the Law
had not said
, " dYOU SHALL NOT 2COVET
."
But sin, ataking
opportunity
bthrough
the commandment
, produced
in me 1coveting
of every
kind
; for capart
2from the Law
sin
is dead
.
I was once alive
apart
1from the Law
; but when the commandment
came
, sin
became
alive
and I died
;
and this commandment
, which was 1 ato result
in life
, proved
2to result
in death
for me;
for sin, ataking
an opportunity
bthrough
the commandment
, cdeceived
me and through
it killed
me.
aSo then
, the Law
is holy
, and the commandment
is holy
and righteous
and good
.
Therefore did that which
is good
become
a cause of death
for me? aMay it never
be! Rather
it was sin
, in order
that it might be shown
to be sin
by effecting
my death
through
that which
is good
, so
that through
the commandment
sin
would become
utterly
sinful
.
For we know that the Law
is aspiritual
, but I am
aof flesh
, bsold
1 cinto bondage to sin
.
For what I am doing
, aI do not understand
; for I am not practicing
bwhat
I would like
to do, but I am doing
the very
thing
I hate
.
But if I do
the very
thing
I do not want
to do, I agree
with athe Law
, confessing that the Law
is good
.
So now
, ano
longer
am I the one doing
it, but sin
which dwells
in me.
For I know that nothing
good
dwells
in me, that is, in my aflesh
; for the willing
is present
in me, but the doing
of the good
is not.
For athe good that I want
, I do not do
, but I practice
the very
evil
that I do not want
.
But if I am doing
the very
thing
I do not want
, aI am no
longer
the one doing
it, but sin
which dwells
in me.
I find then
athe 1principle
that evil
is present
in me, the one who wants
to do
good
.
For I joyfully concur
with the law
of God
1in athe inner
man
,
but I see aa different
law
in 1the members
of my body, waging
war
against
the blaw
of my mind
and making
me a prisoner
2of cthe law
of sin
which is in my members
.
Wretched man
that I am! Who
will set
me free
from 1 athe body
of this
bdeath
?
aThanks be to God
through
Jesus
Christ
our Lord
! So
then
, on the one
hand
I myself
with my mind
am serving
the law
of God
, but on the other
, with my flesh
bthe law
of sin
.