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World English Bible

Romans 7 (WEBP)

[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.

Romans 7:1 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Romans 7 (KJVS)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Romans 7 (YLT)

[1] Are ye ignorant, brethren-for to those knowing law I speak-that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?
[2] for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;
[3] so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man’s; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man’s.
[4] So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another’s, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;
[5] for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that are through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;
[6] and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
[7] What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:
[8] ‘Thou shalt not covet;’ and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness-for apart from law sin is dead.
[9] And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;
[10] and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;
[11] for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay me;
[12] so that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.
[13] That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,
[14] for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
[15] for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.
[16] And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,
[17] and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,
[18] for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
[19] for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.
[20] And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.
[21] I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,
[22] for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
[23] and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that is in my members.
[24] A wretched man I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
[25] I thank God-through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.