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Romans 7:7-25

71WhatG5101 shall we sayG3004 thenG3767? Is the LawG3551 sinG266? 23FarG3361 fromG3361 it! On the contraryG235, 4I would not have come to knowG1097 sinG266 exceptG1508 5throughG1223 the LawG3551; for I would not have knownG3609 aboutG3609 6covetingG1939 ifG1487 the LawG3551 had not saidG3004, “7You shall not 8covetG1937.” 8But sinG266, 9takingG2983 an opportunityG874 10throughG1223 the commandmentG1785, producedG2716 in me 11covetingG1939 of everyG3956 kindG3956; for 12apartG5565 13from the LawG3551 sinG266 is deadG3498. 9I wasG2198 onceG4218 aliveG2198 apartG5565 14from the LawG3551; but when the commandmentG1785 cameG2064, sinG266 cameG326 toG326 lifeG326, and I diedG599; 10and thisG3778 commandmentG1785, which was 1516to resultG1519 in lifeG2222, provedG2147 17to resultG1519 in deathG2288 for me; 11for sinG266, 18takingG2983 an opportunityG874 19throughG1223 the commandmentG1785, 20deceivedG1818 me, and throughG1223 it, killedG615 me. 1221SoG5620 thenG5620, the LawG3551 is holyG40, and the commandmentG1785 is holyG40 and righteousG1342 and goodG18.

13ThereforeG3767 did that which is goodG18 becomeG1096 a cause of deathG2288 for me? 2223FarG3361 fromG3361 it! RatherG235 it was sinG266, inG2443 orderG2443 thatG2443 it might be shownG5316 to be sinG266 by bringingG2716 aboutG2716 my deathG2288 throughG1223 that which is goodG18, soG2443 thatG2443 throughG1223 the commandmentG1785 sinG266 would becomeG1096 utterlyG5236 sinfulG266.

14For we knowG3609 that the LawG3551 is 24spiritualG4152, but I amG1510 25fleshlyG4560, 26soldG4097 2728into bondage to sinG266. 15For 29I do not understandG1097 whatG3739 I am doingG2716; for I am not practicingG4238 30whatG3739 I wantG2309 to do, but I doG4160 the veryG3778 thingG3739 I hateG3404. 16HoweverG1161, ifG1487 I doG4160 the veryG3778 thingG3778 I do not wantG2309 to do, I agreeG4852 with 31the LawG3551, that the Law is goodG2570. 17But nowG3570, 32noG3765 longerG3765 am I the one doingG2716 it, but sinG266 that dwellsG1774 in me. 18For I knowG3609 that goodG18 does not dwellG3611 in me, that is, in my 33fleshG4561; for the willingG2309 is presentG3873 in me, but the doingG2716 of the goodG2570 is not. 19For 34the goodG18 that I wantG2309, I do not doG4160, but I practiceG4238 the veryG3778 evilG2556 that I do not wantG2309. 20But ifG1487 I doG4160 the veryG3778 thingG3778 I do not wantG2309, 35I am noG3765 longerG3765 the one doingG2716 it, but sinG266 that dwellsG3611 in me.

21I findG2147 thenG686 36the 37principleG3551 that evilG2556 is presentG3873 in me, the one who wantsG2309 to doG4160 goodG2570. 22For I joyfullyG4913 agreeG4913 with the lawG3551 of GodG2316 38in 39the innerG2080 personG444, 23but I seeG991 40a differentG2087 lawG3551 in 41the partsG3196 of my body wagingG497 warG497 againstG497 the 42lawG3551 of my mindG3563, and makingG163 me aG163 prisonerG163 43of 44the lawG3551 of sinG266, the law which is in 45my body’s partsG3196. 24WretchedG5005 manG444 that I am! WhoG5101 will setG4506 me freeG4506 from 4647the bodyG4983 of thisG3778 48deathG2288? 2549ThanksG5485 be to GodG2316 throughG1223 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 our LordG2962! SoG686 thenG686, on the oneG3303 handG3303 I myselfG846 with my mindG3563 am servingG1398 the lawG3551 of GodG2316, but on the otherG1161, with my fleshG4561 50the lawG3551 of sinG266.

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 7:7 Rom 3:5 ↩
  2. 2. Romans 7:7 Lit May it never happen! ↩
  3. 3. Romans 7:7 Luke 20:16 ↩
  4. 4. Romans 7:7 Rom 3:20; 4:15; 5:20 ↩
  5. 5. Romans 7:7 Or through law ↩
  6. 6. Romans 7:7 Or lust ↩
  7. 7. Romans 7:7 Ex 20:17; Deut 5:21 ↩
  8. 8. Romans 7:7 Or lust ↩
  9. 9. Romans 7:8 Rom 7:11 ↩
  10. 10. Romans 7:8 Rom 3:20; 7:11 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 7:8 Or lust ↩
  12. 12. Romans 7:8 1 Cor 15:56 ↩
  13. 13. Romans 7:8 Or from law ↩
  14. 14. Romans 7:9 Or from law ↩
  15. 15. Romans 7:10 Lit to life ↩
  16. 16. Romans 7:10 Lev 18:5; Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 ↩
  17. 17. Romans 7:10 Lit to death ↩
  18. 18. Romans 7:11 Rom 7:8 ↩
  19. 19. Romans 7:11 Rom 3:20; 7:8 ↩
  20. 20. Romans 7:11 Gen 3:13 ↩
  21. 21. Romans 7:12 Rom 7:16; 1 Tim 1:8 ↩
  22. 22. Romans 7:13 Lit May it never happen! ↩
  23. 23. Romans 7:13 Luke 20:16 ↩
  24. 24. Romans 7:14 1 Cor 3:1 ↩
  25. 25. Romans 7:14 1 Cor 3:1 ↩
  26. 26. Romans 7:14 1 Kin 21:20, 25; 2 Kin 17:17; Rom 6:6; Gal 4:3 ↩
  27. 27. Romans 7:14 Lit under sin ↩
  28. 28. Romans 7:14 Rom 3:9 ↩
  29. 29. Romans 7:15 John 15:15 ↩
  30. 30. Romans 7:15 Rom 7:19; Gal 5:17 ↩
  31. 31. Romans 7:16 Rom 7:12; 1 Tim 1:8 ↩
  32. 32. Romans 7:17 Rom 7:20 ↩
  33. 33. Romans 7:18 John 3:6; Rom 7:25; 8:3 ↩
  34. 34. Romans 7:19 Rom 7:15 ↩
  35. 35. Romans 7:20 Rom 7:17 ↩
  36. 36. Romans 7:21 Rom 7:23, 25; 8:2 ↩
  37. 37. Romans 7:21 Lit law ↩
  38. 38. Romans 7:22 Or with respect to ↩
  39. 39. Romans 7:22 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 3:16; 1 Pet 3:4 ↩
  40. 40. Romans 7:23 Rom 6:19; Gal 5:17; James 4:1; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
  41. 41. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts waging ↩
  42. 42. Romans 7:23 Rom 7:25 ↩
  43. 43. Romans 7:23 Lit in ↩
  44. 44. Romans 7:23 Rom 7:21, 25; 8:2 ↩
  45. 45. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts ↩
  46. 46. Romans 7:24 Or this body of death ↩
  47. 47. Romans 7:24 Rom 6:6; Col 2:11 ↩
  48. 48. Romans 7:24 Rom 8:2 ↩
  49. 49. Romans 7:25 1 Cor 15:57 ↩
  50. 50. Romans 7:25 Rom 7:21, 23; 8:2 ↩

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