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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.”
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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.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Romans 7 (BYZ)

[1] Ἢ () ἀγνοεῖτε, () ἀδελφοί () γινώσκουσιν () γὰρ () νόμον () λαλῶ () ὅτι () ὁ () νόμος () κυριεύει () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἐφ’ () ὅσον () χρόνον () ζῇ; ()
[2] Ἡ () γὰρ () ὕπανδρος () γυνὴ () τῷ () ζῶντι () ἀνδρὶ () δέδεται () νόμῳ· () ἐὰν () δὲ () ἀποθάνῃ () ὁ () ἀνήρ, () κατήργηται () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () νόμου () τοῦ () ἀνδρός. ()
[3] Ἄρα () οὖν () ζῶντος () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () μοιχαλὶς () χρηματίσει, () ἐὰν () γένηται () ἀνδρὶ () ἑτέρῳ· () ἐὰν () δὲ () ἀποθάνῃ () ὁ () ἀνήρ, () ἐλευθέρα () ἐστὶν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () νόμου, () τοῦ () μὴ () εἶναι () αὐτὴν () μοιχαλίδα, () γενομένην () ἀνδρὶ () ἑτέρῳ. ()
[4] Ὥστε, () ἀδελφοί () μου, () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () ἐθανατώθητε () τῷ () νόμῳ () διὰ () τοῦ () σώματος () τοῦ () χριστοῦ, () εἰς () τὸ () γενέσθαι () ὑμᾶς () ἑτέρῳ, () τῷ () ἐκ () νεκρῶν () ἐγερθέντι, () ἵνα () καρποφορήσωμεν () τῷ () θεῷ. ()
[5] Ὅτε () γὰρ () ἦμεν () ἐν () τῇ () σαρκί, () τὰ () παθήματα () τῶν () ἁμαρτιῶν () τὰ () διὰ () τοῦ () νόμου () ἐνηργεῖτο () ἐν () τοῖς () μέλεσιν () ἡμῶν () εἰς () τὸ () καρποφορῆσαι () τῷ () θανάτῳ. ()
[6] Νυνὶ () δὲ () κατηργήθημεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () νόμου, () ἀποθανόντες () ἐν () ᾧ () κατειχόμεθα, () ὥστε () δουλεύειν () ἡμᾶς () ἐν () καινότητι () πνεύματος, () καὶ () οὐ () παλαιότητι () γράμματος. ()
[7] Τί () οὖν () ἐροῦμεν; () Ὁ () νόμος () ἁμαρτία; () Μὴ () γένοιτο· () ἀλλὰ () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν () οὐκ () ἔγνων, () εἰ () μὴ () διὰ () νόμου· () τήν () τε () γὰρ () ἐπιθυμίαν () οὐκ () ᾔδειν, () εἰ () μὴ () ὁ () νόμος () ἔλεγεν, () Οὐκ () ἐπιθυμήσεις· ()
[8] ἀφορμὴν () δὲ () λαβοῦσα () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () διὰ () τῆς () ἐντολῆς () κατειργάσατο () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () πᾶσαν () ἐπιθυμίαν· () χωρὶς () γὰρ () νόμου () ἁμαρτία () νεκρά. ()
[9] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἔζων () χωρὶς () νόμου () ποτέ· () ἐλθούσης () δὲ () τῆς () ἐντολῆς, () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () ἀνέζησεν, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἀπέθανον· ()
[10] καὶ () εὑρέθη () μοι () ἡ () ἐντολὴ () ἡ () εἰς () ζωήν, () αὕτη () εἰς () θάνατον· ()
[11] ἡ () γὰρ () ἁμαρτία () ἀφορμὴν () λαβοῦσα () διὰ () τῆς () ἐντολῆς () ἐξηπάτησέν () με, () καὶ () δι’ () αὐτῆς () ἀπέκτεινεν. ()
[12] Ὥστε () ὁ () μὲν () νόμος () ἅγιος, () καὶ () ἡ () ἐντολὴ () ἁγία () καὶ () δικαία () καὶ () ἀγαθή. ()
[13] Τὸ () οὖν () ἀγαθὸν () ἐμοὶ () γέγονεν () θάνατος; () Μὴ () γένοιτο. () Ἀλλὰ () ἡ () ἁμαρτία, () ἵνα () φανῇ () ἁμαρτία, () διὰ () τοῦ () ἀγαθοῦ () μοι () κατεργαζομένη () θάνατον () ἵνα () γένηται () καθ’ () ὑπερβολὴν () ἁμαρτωλὸς () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () διὰ () τῆς () ἐντολῆς. ()
[14] Οἴδαμεν () γὰρ () ὅτι () ὁ () νόμος () πνευματικός () ἐστιν· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () σαρκικός () εἰμι, () πεπραμένος () ὑπὸ () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν. ()
[15] Ὃ () γὰρ () κατεργάζομαι, () οὐ () γινώσκω· () οὐ () γὰρ () ὃ () θέλω, () τοῦτο () πράσσω· () ἀλλ’ () ὃ () μισῶ, () τοῦτο () ποιῶ. ()
[16] Εἰ () δὲ () ὃ () οὐ () θέλω, () τοῦτο () ποιῶ, () σύμφημι () τῷ () νόμῳ () ὅτι () καλός. ()
[17] Νυνὶ () δὲ () οὐκέτι () ἐγὼ () κατεργάζομαι () αὐτό, () ἀλλ’ () ἡ () οἰκοῦσα () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἁμαρτία. ()
[18] Οἶδα () γὰρ () ὅτι () οὐκ () οἰκεῖ () ἐν () ἐμοί, () τοῦτ’ () ἔστιν () ἐν () τῇ () σαρκί () μου, () ἀγαθόν· () τὸ () γὰρ () θέλειν () παράκειταί () μοι, () τὸ () δὲ () κατεργάζεσθαι () τὸ () καλὸν () οὐχ () εὑρίσκω. ()
[19] Οὐ () γὰρ () ὃ () θέλω, () ποιῶ () ἀγαθόν· () ἀλλ’ () ὃ () οὐ () θέλω () κακόν, () τοῦτο () πράσσω. ()
[20] Εἰ () δὲ () ὃ () οὐ () θέλω () ἐγώ, () τοῦτο () ποιῶ, () οὐκέτι () ἐγὼ () κατεργάζομαι () αὐτό, () ἀλλ’ () ἡ () οἰκοῦσα () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ἁμαρτία. ()
[21] Εὑρίσκω () ἄρα () τὸν () νόμον () τῷ () θέλοντι () ἐμοὶ () ποιεῖν () τὸ () καλόν, () ὅτι () ἐμοὶ () τὸ () κακὸν () παράκειται. ()
[22] Συνήδομαι () γὰρ () τῷ () νόμῳ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () κατὰ () τὸν () ἔσω () ἄνθρωπον· ()
[23] βλέπω () δὲ () ἕτερον () νόμον () ἐν () τοῖς () μέλεσίν () μου () ἀντιστρατευόμενον () τῷ () νόμῳ () τοῦ () νοός () μου, () καὶ () αἰχμαλωτίζοντά () με () τῷ () νόμῳ () τῆς () ἁμαρτίας () τῷ () ὄντι () ἐν () τοῖς () μέλεσίν () μου. ()
[24] Ταλαίπωρος () ἐγὼ () ἄνθρωπος· () τίς () με () ῥύσεται () ἐκ () τοῦ () σώματος () τοῦ () θανάτου () τούτου; ()
[25] Εὐχαριστῶ () τῷ () θεῷ () διὰ () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν. () Ἄρα () οὖν () αὐτὸς () ἐγὼ () τῷ () μὲν () νοὶ̈ () δουλεύω () νόμῳ () θεοῦ, () τῇ () δὲ () σαρκὶ () νόμῳ () ἁμαρτίας. ()

Romans 7:13 N γέγονεν ⇒ ἐγένετο
Romans 7:14 N σαρκικός ⇒ σάρκινός
Romans 7:17 N ἀλλ’ ⇒ ἀλλὰ
Romans 7:18 N οὐχ εὑρίσκω ⇒ οὔ
Romans 7:19 N ἀλλ’ ⇒ ἀλλὰ
Romans 7:20a N ἐγώ τοῦτο ⇒ [ἐγώ] τοῦτο
Romans 7:20b N ἀλλ’ ⇒ ἀλλὰ
Romans 7:23a B με ⇒ με ἐν
Romans 7:23b N με ⇒ με ἐν
Romans 7:25 N Εὐχαριστῶ ⇒ Χάρις δὲ