罗马书 7

1Know you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth?

2For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.

4Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.

5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.

6But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet.

8But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

10And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.

12Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

13Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.

14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do.

16If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.

19For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.

20Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.

22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:

23But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members.

24Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.

1An ignoratis, fratres (scientibus enim legem loquor), quia lex in homine dominatur quanto tempore vivit?

2Nam quæ sub viro est mulier, vivente viro, alligata est legi: si autem mortuus fuerit vir ejus, soluta est a lege viri.

3Igitur, vivente viro, vocabitur adultera si fuerit cum alio viro: si autem mortuus fuerit vir ejus, liberata est a lege viri, ut non sit adultera si fuerit cum alio viro.

4Itaque fratres mei, et vos mortificati estis legi per corpus Christi: ut sitis alterius, qui ex mortuis resurrexit, ut fructificemus Deo.

5Cum enim essemus in carne, passiones peccatorum, quæ per legem erant, operabantur in membris nostris, ut fructificarent morti.

6Nunc autem soluti sumus a lege mortis, in qua detinebamur, ita ut serviamus in novitate spiritus, et non in vetustate litteræ.

7Quid ergo dicemus? lex peccatum est? Absit. Sed peccatum non cognovi, nisi per legem: nam concupiscentiam nesciebam, nisi lex diceret: Non concupisces.

8Occasione autem accepta, peccatum per mandatum operatum est in me omnem concupiscentiam. Sine lege enim peccatum mortuum erat.

9Ego autem vivebam sine lege aliquando: sed cum venisset mandatum, peccatum revixit.

10Ego autem mortuus sum: et inventum est mihi mandatum, quod erat ad vitam, hoc esse ad mortem.

11Nam peccatum occasione accepta per mandatum, seduxit me, et per illud occidit.

12Itaque lex quidem sancta, et mandatum sanctum, et justum, et bonum.

13Quod ergo bonum est, mihi factum est mors? Absit. Sed peccatum, ut appareat peccatum, per bonum operatum est mihi mortem: ut fiat supra modum peccans peccatum per mandatum.

14Scimus enim quia lex spiritualis est: ego autem carnalis sum, venundatus sub peccato.

15Quod enim operor, non intelligo: non enim quod volo bonum, hoc ago: sed quod odi malum, illud facio.

16Si autem quod nolo, illud facio: consentio legi, quoniam bona est.

17Nunc autem jam non ego operor illud, sed quod habitat in me peccatum.

18Scio enim quia non habitat in me, hoc est in carne mea, bonum. Nam velle, adjacet mihi: perficere autem bonum, non invenio.

19Non enim quod volo bonum, hoc facio: sed quod nolo malum, hoc ago.

20Si autem quod nolo, illud facio: jam non ego operor illud, sed quod habitat in me, peccatum.

21Invenio igitur legem, volenti mihi facere bonum, quoniam mihi malum adjacet:

22condelector enim legi Dei secundum interiorem hominem:

23video autem aliam legem in membris meis, repugnantem legi mentis meæ, et captivantem me in lege peccati, quæ est in membris meis.

24Infelix ego homo, quis me liberabit de corpore mortis hujus?

25gratia Dei per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Igitur ego ipse mente servio legi Dei: carne autem, legi peccati.

1Or do you not know, brothers, (now I am speaking to those who know the law) that the law has dominion over a man only so long as he lives?

2For example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.

3Therefore, while her husband lives, if she has been with another man, she should be called an adulteress. But when her husband has died, she is freed from the law of her husband, such that, if she has been with another man, she is not an adulteress.

4And so, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law, through the body of Christ, so that you may be another one who has risen from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were under the law, operated within our bodies, so as to bear fruit unto death.

6But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.

7What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: “You shall not covet.”

8But sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

9Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,

10and I died. And the commandment, which was unto life, was itself found to be unto death for me.

11For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.

12And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

13Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.

14For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am carnal, having been sold under sin.

15For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.

16So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.

17But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me.

18For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach.

19For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.

20Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.

21And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.

22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.

23But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body.

24Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death?

25The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord! Therefore, I serve the law of God with my own mind; but with the flesh, the law of sin.