1 Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? 2 For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. 3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man. 4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death. 6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." 8 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death; 11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me. 12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin. 15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. 16 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good. 17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good. 19 For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice. 20 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present. 22 For I delight in God’s law after the inward person, 23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.

1 Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear from the law of the husband:3 so then, the husband being alive, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be to another man.4 So that, my brethren, *ye* also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among {the} dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.5 For when we were in the flesh the passions of sins, which {were} by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit to death;6 but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.7 What shall we say then? {is} the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;8 but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin {was} dead.9 But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died.10 And the commandment, which {was} for life, was found, {as} to me, itself {to be} unto death:11 for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew {me}.12 So that the law indeed {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.13 Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.15 For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.16 But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that {it is} right.17 Now then {it is} no longer *I* {that} do it, but the sin that dwells in me.18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right {I find} not.19 For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.20 But if what *I* do not will, this I practise, {it is} no longer *I* {that} do it, but the sin that dwells in me.21 I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:23 but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.24 O wretched man that I {am}! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?25 I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then *I* *myself* with the mind serve God's law; but with the flesh sin's law.