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1. Christian brothers, I am sure you understand what I am going to say. You know all about the Law. The Law has power over a man as long as he lives.
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1. G2228 Know ye not G50 , brethren G80 , ( for G1063 I speak G2980 to them that know G1097 the law G3551 ,) how that G3754 the G3588 law G3551 hath dominion over G2961 a man G444 G1909 as long as G3745 G5550 he liveth G2198 ?
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2. A married woman is joined by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if he dies, she is free from the law that joined her to him.
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2. For G1063 the G3588 woman G1135 which hath an husband G5220 is bound G1210 by the law G3551 to her husband G435 so long as he liveth G2198 ; but G1161 if G1437 the G3588 husband G435 be dead G599 , she is loosed G2673 from G575 the G3588 law G3551 of her husband G435 .
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3. If she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is sinning by not being faithful in marriage. If her husband dies, she is free from the law that joined her to him. After that she can marry someone else. She does not sin if she marries another man.
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3. So G686 then G3767 if G1437 , while her husband G435 liveth G2198 , she be married G1096 to another G2087 man G435 , she shall be called G5537 an adulteress G3428 : but G1161 if G1437 her husband G435 be dead G599 , she is G2076 free G1658 from G575 that law G3551 ; so that she G846 is G1511 no G3361 adulteress G3428 , though she be married G1096 to another G2087 man G435 .
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4. My Christian brothers, that is the way it is with you. You were under the power of the Law. But now you are dead to it because you are joined to another. You are joined to Christ Who was raised from the dead. This is so we may be what God wants us to be. Our lives are to give fruit for Him.
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4. Wherefore G5620 , my G3450 brethren G80 , ye G5210 also G2532 are become dead G2289 to the G3588 law G3551 by G1223 the G3588 body G4983 of Christ G5547 ; that ye G5209 should be married G1096 to another G2087 , even to him who is raised G1453 from G1537 the dead G3498 , that G2443 we should bring forth fruit G2592 unto God G2316 .
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5. When we lived to please our bodies, those sinful desires were pulling at us all the time. We always wanted to do what the Law said not to do. Living that kind of life brings death,
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5. For G1063 when G3753 we were G2258 in G1722 the G3588 flesh G4561 , the G3588 motions G3804 of sins G266 , which G3588 were by G1223 the G3588 law G3551 , did work G1754 in G1722 our G2257 members G3196 to bring forth fruit G2592 unto death G2288 .
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6. but now we are free from the Law. We are dead to sin that once held us in its power. No longer do we follow the Law which is the old way. We now follow the new way, the way of the Spirit.
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6. But G1161 now G3570 we are delivered G2673 from G575 the G3588 law G3551 , that being dead G599 wherein G1722 G3739 we were held G2722 ; that G5620 we G2248 should serve G1398 in G1722 newness G2538 of spirit G4151 , and G2532 not G3756 in the oldness G3821 of the letter G1121 .
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7. Then what are we saying? Is the Law sinful? No, not at all! But it was the Law that showed me what sin is. I did not know it was sin to follow wrong desires, but the Law said, "You must not follow wrong desires."
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7. What G5101 shall we say G2046 then G3767 ? Is the G3588 law G3551 sin G266 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 . Nay G235 , I had not G3756 known G1097 sin G266 , but G1508 by G1223 the law G3551 : for G1063 I had G5037 not G3756 known G1492 lust G1939 , except G1508 the G3588 law G3551 had said G3004 , Thou shalt not G3756 covet G1937 .
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8. The Law made me know how much I was sinning. It showed me how I had a desire for all kinds of things. For without the Law, sin is dead.
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8. But G1161 sin G266 , taking G2983 occasion G874 by G1223 the G3588 commandment G1785 , wrought G2716 in G1722 me G1698 all manner G3956 of concupiscence G1939 . For G1063 without G5565 the law G3551 sin G266 was dead G3498 .
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9. I was once alive. That was when I did not know what the Law said I had to do. Then I found that I had broken the Law. I knew I was a sinner. Death was mine because of the Law.
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9. For G1161 I G1473 was alive G2198 without G5565 the law G3551 once G4218 : but G1161 when the G3588 commandment G1785 came G2064 , sin G266 revived G326 , and G1161 I G1473 died G599 .
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10. The Law was supposed to give me new life. Instead, it gave me death.
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10. And G2532 the G3588 commandment G1785 , which G3588 was ordained to G1519 life G2222 , I G3427 found G2147 to be G3778 unto G1519 death G2288 .
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11. Sin found a way to trap me by working through the Law. Then sin killed me by using the Law.
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11. For G1063 sin G266 , taking G2983 occasion G874 by G1223 the G3588 commandment G1785 , deceived G1818 me G3165 , and G2532 by G1223 it G846 slew G615 me.
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12. The Law is holy. Each one of the Laws is holy and right and good.
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12. Wherefore G5620 the G3588 law G3551 is holy G40 , and G2532 the G3588 commandment G1785 holy G40 , and G2532 just G1342 , and G2532 good G18 .
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13. Then does it mean that the Law, which is good, brought death to me? No, not at all! It was sin that did it. Sin brought death to me by the Law that is good. In that way, sin was shown to be what it is. So because of the Law, sin becomes much more sinful.
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13. Was then G3767 that which is good G18 made G1096 death G2288 unto me G1698 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 . But G235 sin G266 , that G2443 it might appear G5316 sin G266 , working G2716 death G2288 in me G3427 by G1223 that which is good G18 ; that G2443 sin G266 by G1223 the G3588 commandment G1785 might become G1096 exceeding G2596 G5236 sinful G268 .
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14. We know that the Law is right and good, but I am a person who does what is wrong and bad. I am not my own boss. Sin is my boss.
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14. For G1063 we know G1492 that G3754 the G3588 law G3551 is G2076 spiritual G4152 : but G1161 I G1473 am G1510 carnal G4559 , sold G4097 under G5259 sin G266 .
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15. I do not understand myself. I want to do what is right but I do not do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.
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15. For G1063 that which G3739 I do G2716 I allow G1097 not G3756 : for G1063 what G3739 I would G2309 , that G5124 do G4238 I not G3756 ; but G235 what G3739 I hate G3404 , that G5124 do G4160 I.
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16. When I do the thing I do not want to do, it shows me that the Law is right and good.
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16. If G1487 then G1161 I do G4160 that G5124 which G3739 I would G2309 not G3756 , I consent G4852 unto the G3588 law G3551 that G3754 it is good G2570 .
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17. So I am not doing it. Sin living in me is doing it.
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17. Now G3570 then G1161 it is no more G3765 I G1473 that do G2716 it G846 , but G235 sin G266 that dwelleth G3611 in G1722 me G1698 .
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18. I know there is nothing good in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do good but I do not.
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18. For G1063 I know G1492 that G3754 in G1722 me G1698 (that is G5123 , in G1722 my G3450 flesh G4561 ,) dwelleth G3611 no G3756 good thing G18 : for G1063 to will G2309 is present G3873 with me G3427 ; but G1161 how to perform G2716 that which is good G2570 I find G2147 not G3756 .
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19. I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I am always doing the sinful things I do not want to do.
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19. For G1063 the good G18 that G3739 I would G2309 I do G4160 not G3756 : but G235 the evil G2556 which G3739 I would G2309 not G3756 , that G5124 I do G4238 .
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20. If I am always doing the very thing I do not want to do, it means I am no longer the one who does it. It is sin that lives in me.
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20. Now G1161 if G1487 I G1473 do G4160 that G5124 I G3739 would G2309 not G3756 , it is no more G3765 I G1473 that do G2716 it G846 , but G235 sin G266 that dwelleth G3611 in G1722 me G1698 .
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21. This has become my way of life: When I want to do what is right, I always do what is wrong.
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21. I find G2147 then G686 a law G3551 , that , when I G1698 would G2309 do G4160 good G2570 G3754 , evil G2556 is present G3873 with me G1698 .
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22. My mind and heart agree with the Law of God.
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22. For G1063 I delight G4913 in the G3588 law G3551 of God G2316 after G2596 the G3588 inward G2080 man G444 :
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23. But there is a different law at work deep inside of me that fights with my mind. This law of sin holds me in its power because sin is still in me.
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23. But G1161 I see G991 another G2087 law G3551 in G1722 my G3450 members G3196 , warring against G497 the G3588 law G3551 of my G3450 mind G3563 , and G2532 bringing me into captivity G163 G3165 to the G3588 law G3551 of sin G266 which is G5607 in G1722 my G3450 members G3196 .
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24. There is no happiness in me! Who can set me free from my sinful old self?
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24. O wretched G5005 man G444 that I G1473 am! who G5101 shall deliver G4506 me G3165 from G1537 the G3588 body G4983 of this G5127 death G2288 ?
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25. God's Law has power over my mind, but sin still has power over my sinful old self. I thank God I can be free through Jesus Christ our Lord!
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25. I thank G2168 God G2316 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Lord G2962 . So G686 then G3767 with the G3588 mind G3563 I G1473 myself G848 G3303 serve G1398 the law G3551 of God G2316 ; but G1161 with the G3588 flesh G4561 the law G3551 of sin G266 .
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