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Romans 7

Believers United to Christ

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Org2228 do you not knowg50,  abrethreng80 (for I am speakingg2980 to those who knowg1097 the lawg3551), that the lawg3551 hasg2961 jurisdictiong2961 overg2961 a persong444 as longg5550 as he livesg2198?

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For  athe marriedg5220 womang1135 is boundg1210 by lawg3551 to her  1husbandg435 while he is livingg2198; but ifg1437 her husbandg435 diesg599, she is releasedg2673 from the lawg3551  2concerning the husbandg435.

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Sog686 theng686, ifg1437 while her husbandg435 is livingg2198 she is joinedg1096 to anotherg2087 mang435, she shall be calledg5537 an adulteressg3428; but ifg1437 her husbandg435 diesg599, she is freeg1658 from the lawg3551, so that she is not an adulteressg3428 though she is joinedg1096 to anotherg2087 mang435.

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Thereforeg5620, my brethreng80, you alsog2532 were  amadeg2289 to dieg2289  bto the Lawg3551  cthroughg1223 the bodyg4983 of Christg5547, sog1519 that you might be joinedg1096 to anotherg2087, to Him who was raisedg1453 from the deadg3498, in orderg2443 that we might bearg2592 fruitg2592 for Godg2316.

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For whileg3753 we were  ain the fleshg4561, the sinfulg266 passionsg3804, which were  baroused by the Lawg3551, were at workg1754  cin  1the membersg3196 of our body to bearg2592 fruitg2592 for deathg2288.

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But nowg3570 we have been  areleasedg2673 from the Lawg3551, having  bdiedg599 to that by whichg3739 we were boundg2722, sog5620 that we serveg1398 in  cnewnessg2538 of  dthe  1Spiritg4151 and not in oldnessg3821 of the letterg1121.

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 aWhatg5101 shall we sayg3004 theng3767? Is the Lawg3551 sing266?  bMay it neverg3361 be! On the contraryg235,  cI would not have come to knowg1097 sing266 exceptg1508  1throughg1223 the Lawg3551; for I would not have knowng3609a aboutg3609a  2covetingg1939 ifg1487 the Lawg3551 had not saidg3004, " dYOU SHALL NOT  2COVETg1937."

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But sing266,  atakingg2983 opportunityg874  bthroughg1223 the commandmentg1785, producedg2716 in me  1covetingg1939 of everyg3956 kindg3956; for  capartg5565  2from the Lawg3551 sing266 is deadg3498.

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I was onceg4218 aliveg2198 apartg5565  1from the Lawg3551; but when the commandmentg1785 cameg2064, sing266 becameg326 aliveg326 and I diedg599;

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and thisg3778 commandmentg1785, which was  1 ato resultg1519 in lifeg2222, provedg2147  2to resultg1519 in deathg2288 for me;

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for sing266,  atakingg2983 an opportunityg874  bthroughg1223 the commandmentg1785,  cdeceivedg1818 me and throughg1223 it killedg615 me.

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 aSog5620 theng5620, the Lawg3551 is holyg40, and the commandmentg1785 is holyg40 and righteousg1342 and goodg18.

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Thereforeg3767 did that whichg18 is goodg18 becomeg1096 a cause of deathg2288 for me?  aMay it neverg3361 be! Ratherg235 it was sing266, in orderg2443 that it might be showng5316 to be sing266 by effectingg2716 my deathg2288 throughg1223 that whichg18 is goodg18, sog2443 that throughg1223 the commandmentg1785 sing266 would becomeg1096 utterlyg5236 sinfulg266.

The Conflict of Two Natures

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For we knowg3609a that the Lawg3551 is  aspiritualg4152, but I amg1510  aof fleshg4560,  bsoldg4097  1 cinto bondage to sing266.

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For whatg3739 I am doingg2716,  aI do not understandg1097; for I am not practicingg4238  bwhatg3739 I would likeg2309 to do, but I am doingg4160 the veryg3778 thingg3739 I hateg3404.

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But ifg1487 I dog4160 the veryg3778 thingg3778 I do not wantg2309 to do, I agreeg4852 with  athe Lawg3551, confessing that the Lawg3551 is goodg2570.

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Sog1161 nowg3570,  anog3765 longerg3765 am I the one doingg2716 it, but sing266 which dwellsg1774 in me.

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For I knowg3609a that nothingg3756 goodg18 dwellsg3611 in me, that is, in my  afleshg4561; for the willingg2309 is presentg3873 in me, but the doingg2716 of the goodg2570 is not.

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For  athe goodg18 that I wantg2309, I do not dog4160, but I practiceg4238 the veryg3778 evilg2556 that I do not wantg2309.

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But ifg1487 I am doingg4160 the veryg3778 thingg3778 I do not wantg2309,  aI am nog3765 longerg3765 the one doingg2716 it, but sing266 which dwellsg3611 in me.

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I findg2147 theng686  athe  1principleg3551 that evilg2556 is presentg3873 in me, the one who wantsg2309 to dog4160 goodg2570.

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For I joyfullyg4913 concurg4913 with the lawg3551 of Godg2316  1in  athe innerg2080 mang444,

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but I seeg991  aa differentg2087 lawg3551 in  1the membersg3196 of my body, wagingg497 warg497 againstg497 the  blawg3551 of my mindg3563 and makingg163 me a prisonerg163  2of  cthe lawg3551 of sing266 which is in my membersg3196.

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Wretchedg5005 mang444 that I am! Whog5101 will setg4506 me freeg4506 from  1 athe bodyg4983 of thisg3778  bdeathg2288?

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 aThanksg5485 be to Godg2316 throughg1223 Jesusg2424 Christg5547 our Lordg2962! Sog686 theng686, on the oneg3303a handg3303a I myselfg846 with my mindg3563 am servingg1398 the lawg3551 of Godg2316, but on the otherg1161, with my fleshg4561  bthe lawg3551 of sing266.



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