Romans 7

1 Or are ye ignorant, brethren, —for unto them that understand the law am I speaking, that, the law, hath lordship over a men as long as he liveth?

Are ye ignorant, brethren — for to those knowing law I speak — that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

2 For, the married woman, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release from the law of her husband.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

3 Hence then, her husband being alive, an adulteress, shall she be called—if she become another man’s, but, if the husband have died, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man’s.

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

4 So, then, my brethren, ye also, were made dead unto the law through the body of the Christ, to the end ye might become another’s—his who from among the dead was raised, in order that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

5 For, when we were in the flesh, the susceptibilities of sins which were through the law, used to be energized in our members unto the bringing forth of fruit unto death;

for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that [are] through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

6 But, now, we have received full release from the law, by dying [in that] wherein we used to be held fast, so that we should be doing service—in newness of spirit and not in obsoleteness of letter.

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

7 What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying—Thou shall not covet;

What, then, shall we say? the law [is] sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

8 Howbeit sin taking, occasion—through the commandment, wrought out in me all manner of coveting; for, apart from law, sin is dead; —

'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

9 And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,

And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

10 Whereas, I, died, —and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

11 For, sin, —taking occasion—through the commandment, completely deceived me and, through it, slew me:

for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay [me];

12 So that, the law, indeed, is holy, and the commandment, holy, and righteous and good.

so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

13 Did, then, that which is good, unto me become death? Far be it! But [it was] sin, that it might appear sin, through that which was good unto me working out death, in order that, exceeding sinful, might sin become through the commandment.

That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

14 For we know that, the law, is spiritual, —I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin;

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

15 For, that which I am working out, I do not approve, —for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do:

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

16 Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that [it is] right.

And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,

17 Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me:

and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,

18 I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not!

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

19 For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

20 Now, if what I wish not, the same, I do, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me.

And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

21 Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

22 I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.

for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

23 But I behold a diverse law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which existeth in my members: —

and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that [is] in my members.

24 Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death?

A wretched man I [am]! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

25 [But] thanks be unto God!—Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hence, then, —I myself, with the mind, indeed, am in servitude unto a law of God; but; with the flesh; unto a law of sin.

I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.