1Know 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?
2Know 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?
3For 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.
4For 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.
5So 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.
6So 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.
7Wherefore, 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.
8Wherefore, 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.
9For 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.
10For 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.
11But 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.
12But 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.
13What 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.
14What 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.
15But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
16But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
17For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
18For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
19And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
20And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
21For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
22For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
23Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
24Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
25Was 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.
26Was 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.
27For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
28For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
29For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
30For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
31If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
32If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
33Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
34Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
35For 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.
36For 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.
37For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
38For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
39Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
40Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
41I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
42I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
43For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
44For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
45But 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.
46But 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.
47O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
48O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
49I 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.
50I 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.