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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Or
are
ye
ignorant
, brethren
(for I speak
to men
who know the law), that the law hath
dominion
over a man for
so
long time
as he liveth
?
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
?
For the
woman
that
hath
a husband
is bound by law to the
husband while
he liveth;
but if the
husband die
, she is discharged
from the law of the
husband
.
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
.
So then if
, while
the
husband
liveth,
she be
joined to another man, she shall
be
called an adulteress :
but if the
husband die
, she is free from the
law,
so
that she
is no
adulteress, though
she be
joined
to
another man.
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.
Wherefore
, my brethren
, ye
also were
made
dead
to the law through the body of Christ ;
that ye
should
be
joined
to another, `even'
to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring
forth
fruit unto
God.
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.
For when we were
in
the flesh, the sinful passions ,
which
were
through
the law ,
wrought
in our members
to
bring
forth
fruit unto
death.
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.
But now we have been discharged
from the law, having
died
to
that
wherein
we
were
held;
so that we serve in newness
of the spirit, and not in oldness
of the letter
.
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
.
What shall we say then
? Is the law sin? God
forbid.
Howbeit
, I had
not known
sin ,
except
through
the law :
for I had
not known
coveting ,
except
the law had said, Thou
shalt
not covet :
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 .”
but sin, finding
occasion,
wrought
in
me
through the commandment all
manner
of coveting:
for apart from the law sin `
is '
dead.
But sin, seizing
its
opportunity
through the commandment ,
produced
in
me
every
kind
of covetous
desire.
For apart from the law ,
sin is dead.
And
I was alive apart from the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin revived,
and I died ;
Once
I was alive apart from the law ;
but when the commandment came, sin sprang
to
life
and I died .
and
the commandment ,
which
`
was '
unto
life,
this
I
found
`
to be'
unto
death :
So
I
discovered
that
the very
commandment that
was meant
to bring
life
actually
brought
death .
for sin, finding
occasion,
through the commandment beguiled
me
, and through it
slew
me.
For sin, seizing
its
opportunity
through the commandment, deceived
me
and through the
commandment
put
me to
death
.
So that
the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and
righteous, and good.
So then,
the law is holy, and the commandment is
holy, righteous, and good.
Did then
that which is good become death unto
me? God
forbid.
But sin,
that it
might be shown
to
be
sin, by
working
death to
me through that
which
is
good ;
--
that through the commandment sin might become exceeding
sinful.
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.
For
we know that the law is spiritual :
but I am carnal
, sold under
sin.
We know that the law is spiritual ;
but I am unspiritual
, sold as
a
slave
to
sin.
For
that
which
I do I
know
not :
for not
what I would,
that
do I practise;
but what I hate, that
I do.
I do not understand
what
I
do.
For what I want
to
do ,
I do
not
do.
But what I hate, I do.
But
if what I would
not ,
that
I
do, I consent
unto
the law that
it
is good.
And
if I
do
what I do
not want
to
do, I admit
that
the law is good.
So
now
it is no more
I that
do it, but sin which
dwelleth
in me.
In
that
case,
it is no longer
I who
do it, but it
is
sin living
in me that
does
it
.
For
I know that in me, that is, in my flesh ,
dwelleth
no
good
thing:
for to
will
is
present
with
me,
but
to do that
which
is good `is'
not
.
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
.
For the good which
I would
I
do not:
but
the evil which
I would
not ,
that
I
practise
.
For I
do
not
do
the good I want
to
do .
Instead,
I
keep
on
doing
the evil I do
not want
to
do
.
But
if what
I would
not,
that
I do, it is no more
I that
do it, but sin which
dwelleth
in me.
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
.
I
find
then
the law,
that,
to me
who
would
do good, evil is present
.
So
this
is
the principle
I
have
discovered:
When
I
want
to do good, evil is right
there
with
me
.
For I delight in the
law of
God
after
the
inward
man:
For in
my
inner
being
I delight in God’s
law .
but I see a
different
law in my members
, warring against the law of my mind ,
and bringing
me into
captivity
under
the law of sin which
is
in
my
members
.
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
.
Wretched man that
I am! who shall
deliver
me out
of
the
body of this
death?
What
a
wretched man I am! Who will
rescue
me from
this
body of death?
I
thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord .
So then I
of
myself
with the
mind ,
indeed,
serve the law of God ;
but with the
flesh the law of sin.
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.
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