Προς Ρωμαιους 7
1 η αγνοειτε αδελφοι γινωσκουσιν γαρ νομον λαλω οτι ο νομοσ κυριευει του ανθρωπου εφ οσον χρονον ζη
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
2 η γαρ υπανδροσ γυνη τω ζωντι ανδρι δεδεται νομω εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ κατηργηται απο του νομου του ανδροσ
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
3 αρα ουν ζωντοσ του ανδροσ μοιχαλισ χρηματισει εαν γενηται ανδρι ετερω εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ ελευθερα εστιν απο του νομου του μη ειναι αυτην μοιχαλιδα γενομενην ανδρι ετερω
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
4 ωστε αδελφοι μου και υμεισ εθανατωθητε τω νομω δια του σωματοσ του χριστου εισ το γενεσθαι υμασ ετερω τω εκ νεκρων εγερθεντι ινα καρποφορησωμεν τω θεω
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
5 οτε γαρ ημεν εν τη σαρκι τα παθηματα των αμαρτιων τα δια του νομου ενηργειτο εν τοισ μελεσιν ημων εισ το καρποφορησαι τω θανατω
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
6 νυνι δε κατηργηθημεν απο του νομου αποθανοντεσ εν ω κατειχομεθα ωστε δουλευειν ημασ εν καινοτητι πνευματοσ και ου παλαιοτητι γραμματοσ
But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
7 τι ουν ερουμεν ο νομοσ αμαρτια μη γενοιτο αλλα την αμαρτιαν ουκ εγνων ει μη δια νομου την τε γαρ επιθυμιαν ουκ ηδειν ει μη ο νομοσ ελεγεν ουκ επιθυμησεισ
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
8 αφορμην δε λαβουσα η αμαρτια δια τησ εντολησ κατειργασατο εν εμοι πασαν επιθυμιαν χωρισ γαρ νομου αμαρτια νεκρα
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
9 εγω δε εζων χωρισ νομου ποτε ελθουσησ δε τησ εντολησ η αμαρτια ανεζησεν εγω δε απεθανον
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10 και ευρεθη μοι η εντολη η εισ ζωην αυτη εισ θανατον
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
11 η γαρ αμαρτια αφορμην λαβουσα δια τησ εντολησ εξηπατησεν με και δι αυτησ απεκτεινεν
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
12 ωστε ο μεν νομοσ αγιοσ και η εντολη αγια και δικαια και αγαθη
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
13 το ουν αγαθον εμοι γεγονεν θανατοσ μη γενοιτο αλλα η αμαρτια ινα φανη αμαρτια δια του αγαθου μοι κατεργαζομενη θανατον ινα γενηται καθ υπερβολην αμαρτωλοσ η αμαρτια δια τησ εντολησ
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
14 οιδαμεν γαρ οτι ο νομοσ πνευματικοσ εστιν εγω δε σαρκικοσ ειμι πεπραμενοσ υπο την αμαρτιαν
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
15 ο γαρ κατεργαζομαι ου γινωσκω ου γαρ ο θελω τουτο πρασσω αλλ ο μισω τουτο ποιω
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
16 ει δε ο ου θελω τουτο ποιω συμφημι τω νομω οτι καλοσ
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
17 νυνι δε ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
18 οιδα γαρ οτι ουκ οικει εν εμοι τουτ εστιν εν τη σαρκι μου αγαθον το γαρ θελειν παρακειται μοι το δε κατεργαζεσθαι το καλον ουχ ευρισκω
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον αλλ ο ου θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
20 ει δε ο ου θελω εγω τουτο ποιω ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια
And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 ευρισκω αρα τον νομον τω θελοντι εμοι ποιειν το καλον οτι εμοι το κακον παρακειται
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
22 συνηδομαι γαρ τω νομω του θεου κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
23 βλεπω δε ετερον νομον εν τοισ μελεσιν μου αντιστρατευομενον τω νομω του νοοσ μου και αιχμαλωτιζοντα με τω νομω τησ αμαρτιασ τω οντι εν τοισ μελεσιν μου
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
24 ταλαιπωροσ εγω ανθρωποσ τισ με ρυσεται εκ του σωματοσ του θανατου τουτου
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
25 ευχαριστω τω θεω δια ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων αρα ουν αυτοσ εγω τω μεν νοι δουλευω νομω θεου τη δε σαρκι νομω αμαρτιασ
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
