1Know[G1097] ye not[G50], brethren,(for I speak[G2980] to them that[G3754]know[G1097] the law[G3551],) how that[G3754] the law[G3551] hath dominion over[G2961] a man[G444]as[G1909] long as[G3745] he liveth?[G2198]
2For[G1063] the woman[G1135] which hath an husband[G5220] is bound[G1210] by the law[G3551] to her husband[G435] so long as he liveth[G2198]; but[G1161]if[G1437] the husband[G435] be dead[G599], she is loosed[G2673]from[G575] the law[G3551] of her husband[G435].
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So then[G686]if[G1437], while her husband[G435]liveth[G2198], she[G846] be married[G1096] to another[G2087]man[G435], she[G846] shall be called[G5537] an adulteress[G3428]: but[G1161]if[G1437] her husband[G435] be dead[G599], she[G846]is[G2076]free[G1658]from[G575] that law[G3551]; so that she[G846]is[G1511]no[G3361]adulteress[G3428], though she[G846] be married[G1096] to another[G2087]man[G435].
4Wherefore[G5620], my[G3450]brethren[G80], ye[G5210]also[G2532] are become dead[G2289] to the law[G3551]by[G1223] the body[G4983] of Christ[G5547]; that[G1519]ye[G5209] should be married[G1096] to another[G2087], even to him who is raised[G1453]from[G1537] the dead[G3498], that[G2443] we should bring forth fruit[G2592] unto God[G2316].
5For[G1063]when[G3753] we were[G2258]in[G1722] the flesh[G4561], the motions[G3804] of sins[G266], which[G3588]were[G2258]by[G1223] the law[G3551], did work[G1754]in[G1722]our[G2257]members[G3196] to bring[G1519] forth fruit[G2592] unto death[G2288].
6But[G1161]now[G3570]we[G2248] are delivered[G2673]from[G575] the law[G3551], that[G5620] being dead[G599]wherein[G1722]we[G2248] were held[G2722]; that[G5620]we[G2248] should serve[G1398]in[G1722]newness[G2538] of spirit[G4151], and[G2532]not[G3756]in[G1722] the oldness[G3821] of the letter[G1121].
7What[G5101] shall we say[G2046]then?[G3767] Is the law[G3551]sin?[G266] God forbid[G3361]. Nay[G235], I had[G1097]not[G3756]known[G1097]sin[G266], but[G1508]by[G1223] the law[G3551]: for[G1063] I had[G1492]not[G3756]known[G1492]lust[G1939], except[G1508] the law[G3551]had[G1492]said[G3004], Thou shalt[G1937]not[G3756]covet[G1937].
8But[G1161]sin[G266], taking[G2983]occasion[G874]by[G1223] the commandment[G1785], wrought[G2716]in[G1722]me[G1698] all manner of[G3956]concupiscence[G1939]. For[G1063]without[G5565] the law[G3551]sin[G266] was dead[G3498].
9For[G1161]I[G1473] was alive[G2198]without[G5565] the law[G3551]once[G4218]: but[G1161] when the commandment[G1785]came[G2064], sin[G266]revived[G326], and[G1161]I[G1473]died[G599].
10And[G2532] the commandment[G1785], which[G3588] was ordained to[G1519]life[G2222], I[G3427]found[G2147]to[G1519] be unto[G1519]death[G2288].
11For[G1063]sin[G266], taking[G2983]occasion[G874]by[G1223] the commandment[G1785], deceived[G1818]me[G3165], and[G2532]by[G1223]it[G846]slew[G615]me[G3165].
12Wherefore[G5620] the law[G3551] is holy[G40], and[G2532] the commandment[G1785]holy[G40], and[G2532]just[G1342], and[G2532]good[G18].
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Was then[G3767]that[G2443] which is good[G18]made[G1096]death[G2288] unto me?[G1698] God forbid[G3361]. But[G235]sin[G266], that[G2443] it might appear[G5316]sin[G266], working[G2716]death[G2288] in me[G3427]by[G1223]that[G2443] which is good[G18]; that[G2443]sin[G266]by[G1223] the commandment[G1785] might become[G1096]exceeding[G2596]sinful[G268].
14For[G1063] we know[G1492]that[G3754] the law[G3551]is[G2076]spiritual[G4152]: but[G1161]I[G1473]am[G1510]carnal[G4559], sold[G4097]under[G5259]sin[G266].
16If[G1487]then[G1161] I do[G4160]that[G5124]which[G3739] I would[G2309]not[G3756], I consent[G4852] unto the law[G3551]that[G3754] it is good[G2570].
17Now[G3570]then[G1161]it[G846] is no more[G3765]I[G1473] that do[G2716]it[G846], but[G235]sin[G266] that dwelleth[G3611]in[G1722]me[G1698].
18For[G1063] I know[G1492]that[G3754]in[G1722]me[G3427](that[G3754]is[G5123], in[G1722]my[G3450]flesh[G4561],) dwelleth[G3611]no[G3756]good[G2570]thing[G18]: for[G1063] to will[G2309]is[G5123]present[G3873] with me[G3427]; but[G1161] how to perform[G2716]that[G3754] which is[G5123]good[G2570] I find[G2147]not[G3756].
19For[G1063] the good[G18]that[G5124] I would[G2309] I do[G4160]not[G3756]: but[G235] the evil[G2556]which[G3739] I would[G2309]not[G3756], that[G5124] I do[G4238].
20Now[G1161]if[G1487]I[G1473]do[G4160]that[G5124]I[G1473]would[G2309]not[G3756], it[G846] is no more[G2089]I[G1473]that[G5124]do[G2716]it[G846], but[G235]sin[G266]that[G5124]dwelleth[G3611]in[G1722]me[G1698].
21I[G1698]find[G2147]then[G686] a law[G3551], that[G3754], when I[G1698]would[G2309]do[G4160]good[G2570], evil[G2556] is present[G3873] with me[G1698].
22For[G1063] I delight[G4913] in the law[G3551] of God[G2316]after[G2596] the inward[G2080]man[G444]:
23But[G1161] I see[G991]another[G2087]law[G3551]in[G1722]my[G3450]members[G3196], warring against[G497] the law[G3551] of my[G3450]mind[G3563], and[G2532]bringing[G163]me[G3165] into captivity[G163] to the law[G3551] of sin[G266]which[G3588]is[G5607]in[G1722]my[G3450]members[G3196].
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O wretched[G5005]man[G444] that I am[G1473]! who[G5101] shall deliver[G4506]me[G3165]from[G1537] the body[G4983] of this[G5127]death?[G2288]
25I[G1473]thank[G2168]God[G2316]through[G1223]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]our[G2257]Lord[G2962]. So then[G686] with the mind[G3563]I[G1473]myself[G846]serve[G3303] the law[G3551] of God[G2316]; but[G1161] with the flesh[G4561] the law[G3551] of sin[G266].