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Romans 7
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7 Or don’t you know, brothers[a] (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.”(A) 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.

Footnotes

  1. 7:1 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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Romanos 7
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Analogía tomada del matrimonio

7 ¿Acaso ignoran, hermanos(A), (pues hablo a los que conocen la ley), que la ley tiene jurisdicción sobre una persona mientras vive? 2 Pues la mujer casada está ligada por la ley a su marido mientras él vive; pero si su marido muere, queda libre de la ley en cuanto al marido(B). 3 Así que, mientras vive su marido, será llamada adúltera si ella se une a otro hombre; pero si su marido muere, está libre de la ley, de modo que no es adúltera aunque se una a otro hombre.

4 Por tanto, hermanos míos, también a ustedes se les hizo morir a la ley(C) por medio del cuerpo de Cristo(D), para que sean unidos a otro, a Aquel que resucitó de entre los muertos, a fin de que llevemos fruto para Dios. 5 Porque mientras estábamos en la carne(E), las pasiones pecaminosas despertadas por la ley(F), actuaban en los miembros de nuestro cuerpo[a] a fin de llevar fruto para muerte(G). 6 Pero ahora hemos quedado libres de la ley, habiendo muerto a lo que nos ataba(H), de modo que sirvamos en la novedad(I) del Espíritu[b] y no en el arcaísmo de la letra(J).

7 ¿Qué diremos(K) entonces? ¿Es pecado la ley? ¡De ningún modo(L)! Al contrario, yo no hubiera llegado a conocer el pecado si no hubiera sido por medio de la ley(M). Porque yo no hubiera sabido lo que es la codicia[c], si la ley no hubiera dicho: «No codiciaras(N)». 8 Pero el pecado, aprovechándose del[d] mandamiento(O), produjo en mí toda clase de codicia[e]. Porque aparte de la ley el pecado está muerto(P).

9 En un tiempo yo vivía sin la ley, pero al venir el mandamiento, el pecado revivió, y yo morí; 10 y este mandamiento, que era para vida(Q), a mí me resultó para muerte; 11 porque el pecado, aprovechándose del[f] mandamiento(R), me engañó(S), y por medio de él me mató. 12 Así que la ley es santa, y el mandamiento es santo, justo y bueno(T).

13 ¿Entonces lo que es bueno vino a ser causa de muerte para mí? ¡De ningún modo(U)! Al contrario, fue el pecado, a fin de mostrarse que es pecado al producir mi muerte por medio de lo que es bueno, para que por medio del mandamiento el pecado llegue a ser en extremo pecaminoso. 14 Porque sabemos que la ley es espiritual(V), pero yo soy carnal[g](W), vendido a la esclavitud del pecado[h](X).

15 Porque lo que hago, no lo entiendo(Y). Porque no practico lo que quiero hacer, sino que lo que aborrezco, eso hago(Z). 16 Y si lo que no quiero hacer, eso hago, estoy de acuerdo con la ley, reconociendo que es buena(AA). 17 Así que ya no soy yo el que lo hace, sino el pecado que habita en mí(AB).

18 Porque yo sé que en mí, es decir, en mi carne(AC), no habita nada bueno. Porque el querer está presente en mí, pero el hacer el bien, no. 19 Pues no hago el bien que deseo, sino el mal que no quiero, eso practico(AD). 20 Y si lo que no quiero hacer, eso hago, ya no soy yo el que lo hace, sino el pecado que habita en mí(AE).

21 Así que, queriendo yo hacer el bien, hallo la ley de que el mal está presente en mí(AF). 22 Porque en el[i] hombre interior(AG) me deleito con la ley de Dios, 23 pero veo otra ley en los miembros de mi cuerpo[j] que hace guerra(AH) contra la ley de mi mente, y me hace prisionero de[k] la ley del pecado que está en mis miembros(AI).

24 ¡Miserable de mí[l]! ¿Quién me libertará de este cuerpo de muerte[m](AJ)? 25 Gracias a Dios, por Jesucristo Señor nuestro(AK). Así que yo mismo, por un lado, con la mente sirvo a la ley de Dios, pero por el otro, con la carne, a la ley del pecado(AL).

Footnotes

  1. 7:5 Lit. en nuestros miembros.
  2. 7:6 O espíritu.
  3. 7:7 O lujuria.
  4. 7:8 O tomando ocasión mediante el.
  5. 7:8 O lujuria.
  6. 7:11 O tomando ocasión mediante el.
  7. 7:14 O de la carne.
  8. 7:14 Lit. vendido bajo pecado.
  9. 7:22 O conforme al.
  10. 7:23 Lit. en mis miembros.
  11. 7:23 Lit. en.
  12. 7:24 Lit. Hombre miserable yo soy.
  13. 7:24 O del cuerpo de esta muerte.
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Romans 7
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Released From the Law, Bound to Christ

7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters(A)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(B) 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(C) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(D) through the body of Christ,(E) that you might belong to another,(F) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](G) the sinful passions aroused by the law(H) were at work in us,(I) so that we bore fruit for death.(J) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(K) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(L)

The Law and Sin

7 What shall we say, then?(M) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(N) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(O) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b](P) 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(Q) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(R) 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(S) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(T) deceived me,(U) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(V)

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(W) to bring about my death,(X) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(Y) sold(Z) as a slave to sin.(AA) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(AB) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(AC) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(AD) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c](AE) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(AF) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(AG)

21 So I find this law at work:(AH) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(AI) I delight in God’s law;(AJ) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(AK) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(AL) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(AM) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(AN)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(AO) but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.(AP)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
  3. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
  4. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
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