Romans:7:7-25

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* «What shall we say , then ? Is the law sin ? By no means . Indeed , I had not known sin , except by the law . For I had not known even inordinate desire , unless the law had said ,» 'You shall not lust .' * But sin , taking occasion by the commandment , wrought in me all manner of inordinate desire : for without the law sin is dead . * For I was alive , once , without the law : but when the commandment came , sin revived , but I died . * Yes , the commandment which was for live , the very same was found to be death to me . * For sin , taking occasion by the commandment , deceived me , and by it slew me . * Wherefore , the law is holy , and the commandment holy , just , and good . * Has , then , that which is good become death to me ? By no means . But sin becomes death , in order that it might manifest itself , causing death to me by that which is good : so that sin , (through the commandment ,) might be an exceedingly great sinner . * Besides , we know that the law is spiritual : but I am carnal , sold under sin . * For that which I do , I do not approve ; since it is not what I desire that I do : but I do that which I hate . * If , now , I do that which I do not desire , I consent to the law that it is good . * But now it is no longer I myself who do this ; but sin which dwells in me . * For I know that in me , that is , in my flesh , there dwells no good thing : for to desire what is good , is easy for me ; but to do it , I find difficult . * For the good which I desire , that I do not : but the evil which I desire not , that I do . * Now , if I do that which I do not desire , it is no longer I who do it ; but sin , which dwells in me . * I find , then , that it is a law to me , when desirous to do good , that evil is near me . * For I take pleasure in the law of God , as to the inner man : * but I perceive another law , in my members , warring against the law of my mind , and making me a captive to the law of sin , which is in my members . * Wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from this body of death ? * I thank God , through Jesus Christ our Lord ! Wherefore , then , indeed , I myself serve , with my mind , the law of God ; but with the flesh , the law of sin .

---