- 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 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 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.
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 (lived) according to the flesh , the - sinful passions - (aroused) by the law were at work in our - bodies , vvv vvv bearing fruit - for death.
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 then shall we say ? (Is) the law sin ? vvv Certainly not ! Indeed , vvv I would not have been mindful of - sin if not for the law. vvv For vvv I would not have been aware of - coveting if the law {had} not said , vvv “ Do not covet.”
But - sin , seizing (its) opportunity through the commandment , produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from (the) law , sin (is) dead.
- Once I was alive apart from (the) law ; but (when) the commandment came , - sin sprang to life and I died.
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life (actually brought) death.
For - sin , seizing (its) opportunity through the commandment , deceived me and through (the commandment) put (me) to death.
So then , the law (is) holy , and the commandment (is) holy , - righteous , and good.
{Did} that which (is) good , then , become death to me ? vvv 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 vvv utterly sinful.
- We know that - (the) law is spiritual ; but I am unspiritual , sold as a slave to - sin.
- vvv I do not understand what I do. For - what I want (to do) , vvv I do not do. But what I hate , - I do.
And if - I do what vvv I do not want (to do) , I admit that the law (is) good.
- In that case , {it is} no longer I who do it , but (it is) - sin living in me ( that does it ).
- 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 vvv I do not do (the) good - I want (to do). Instead , - I keep on doing (the) evil - vvv I do not want (to do).
And if I do - what vvv I do not want , (it is) no longer I who do it , but (it is) - sin living in me ( that does it ).
So (this is) the principle I have discovered - : When I want to do - good , - - evil is right there with me.
For in (my) inner being I delight in - God’s - law.
But I see another law ( at work ) in my - body , warring against the law of my - mind and vvv holding me captive to the law - of sin - that dwells within vvv vvv (me).
(What a) wretched man I am ! Who will rescue me from this - body - of death ?
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.