Know ye not
, brethren
, (for
I speak
to them that know
the law
,) how that
the law
hath dominion over
a man
as long as
he liveth
?
For the woman
which hath an husband
is bound
by the law
to her husband
so long as he liveth
; but
if
the husband
be dead
, she is loosed
from
the law
of her husband
.
So then if
, while her husband
liveth
, she be married
to another
man
, she shall be called
an adulteress
: but
if
her husband
be dead
, she is
free
from
that law
; so that she
is
no
adulteress
, though she be married
to another
man
.
Wherefore, my
brethren
, ye
also
are become dead
to the law
by
the body
of Christ
; that
ye
should be married
to another
, even to him who is raised
from
the dead
, that
we should bring forth fruit
unto God
.
For when
we were
in
the flesh
, the motions
of sins
, which
were by
the law
, did work
in
our
members
to bring
forth fruit
unto death
.
But now
we are delivered
from
the law
, that being dead
wherein
we were held
; that
we
should serve
in
newness
of spirit
, and
not
in the oldness
of the letter
.
What shall we say
then
? Is the law
sin
? God forbid
. Nay
, I had
not
known
sin
, but
by
the law
: for
I had
not
known
lust
, except
the law
had said
, Thou shalt
not
covet
.
But sin
, taking
occasion
by
the commandment
, wrought
in
me
all manner of
concupiscence
. For
without
the law
sin
was dead
.
For I
was alive
without
the law
once
: but
when the commandment
came
, sin
revived
, and
I
died
.
And the commandment
, which
was ordained to
life
, I
found
to be unto
death
.
For sin
, taking
occasion
by
the commandment
, deceived
me
, and
by
it
slew
me .
Wherefore the law
is holy
, and
the commandment
holy
, and
just
, and
good
.
Was then that which is good
made
death
unto me
? God forbid
. But
sin
, that
it might appear
sin
, working
death
in me
by
that which is good
; that
sin
by
the commandment
might become
exceeding
sinful
.
For we know
that
the law
is
spiritual
: but
I
am
carnal
, sold
under
sin
.
For that which
I do
I allow
not
: for
what
I would
, that
do I
not
; but
what
I hate
, that
do I
.
If then
I do
that
which
I would
not
, I consent
unto the law
that
it is good
.
Now then
it is no more
I
that do
it
, but
sin
that dwelleth
in
me
.
For I know
that
in
me
(that is
, in
my
flesh
,) dwelleth
no
good thing
: for
to will
is present
with me
; but
how to perform
that which is good
I find
not
.
For the good
that I would
I do
not
: but
the evil
which
I would
not
, that
I do
.
Now if
I do
that
I
would
not
, it is no more
I
that do
it
, but
sin
that dwelleth
in
me
.
I find then
a law
, that
, when I
would
do
good
, evil
is present
with me
.
For I delight
in the law
of God
after
the inward
man
:
But I see
another
law
in
my
members
, warring against
the law
of my
mind
, and
bringing
me
into captivity
to the law
of sin
which
is
in
my
members
.
O wretched man
that I am
! who
shall deliver
me
from
the body
of this
death
?
I thank God
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
. So then
with the mind
I
myself
serve
the law
of God
; but
with the flesh
the law
of sin
.