Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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
?
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 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
.
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
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.
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 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.
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 motions
of
sins,
which
were
by the law ,
did
work 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 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
.
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.
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.
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, taking
occasion
by
the commandment, wrought
in me all
manner
of concupiscence
. For without
the law sin was
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.
For
I was alive without
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 ordained
to life ,
I
found
to
be
unto
death.
So
I
discovered
that
the very
commandment that
was meant
to bring
life actually
brought
death.
For sin, taking
occasion
by
the commandment, deceived me ,
and by
it
slew
me.
For sin, seizing
its
opportunity
through
the commandment, deceived me and through
the
commandment
put
me to
death
.
Wherefore
the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and
just
, and good.
So
then,
the law is holy, and the commandment is
holy, righteous
, 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.
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
allow
not :
for what I would,
that
do I not ;
but what I hate, that
do
I.
I do not understand
what
I
do.
For what I want
to
do ,
I do
not do.
But what I hate, I do
.
If then
I do that
which
I would
not, 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.
Now
then
it is no more
I that
do it, but sin that
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
how
to perform
that
which
is good I find
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 that
I would
I
do not:
but
the evil which
I would
not ,
that
I
do.
For I
do
not
do
the good I want
to
do .
Instead,
I
keep
on
doing
the evil I do
not want
to
do.
Now
if I do that
I would
not, it is no more
I that
do it, but sin that
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
a
law,
that,
when I would
do good, evil is present
with me.
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 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
.
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
.
O
wretched man that
I am! who shall
deliver
me from 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 with the
mind I myself
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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