Romans:7:7-25
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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 .'
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But sin ,
taking occasion by the commandment ,
wrought in me all manner of inordinate desire :
for without the law sin is dead .
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For I was alive ,
once ,
without the law :
but when the commandment came ,
sin revived ,
but I died .
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Yes ,
the commandment which was for live ,
the very same was found to be death to me .
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For sin ,
taking occasion by the commandment ,
deceived me ,
and by it slew me .
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Wherefore ,
the law is holy ,
and the commandment holy ,
just ,
and good .
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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 .
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Besides ,
we know that the law is spiritual :
but I am carnal ,
sold under sin .
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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 .
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If ,
now ,
I do that which I do not desire ,
I consent to the law that it is good .
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But now it is no longer I myself who do this ;
but sin which dwells in me .
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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 .
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For the good which I desire ,
that I do not :
but the evil which I desire not ,
that I do .
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Now ,
if I do that which I do not desire ,
it is no longer I who do it ;
but sin ,
which dwells in me .
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I find ,
then ,
that it is a law to me ,
when desirous to do good ,
that evil is near me .
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For I take pleasure in the law of God ,
as to the inner man :
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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 .
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Wretched man that I am !
who shall deliver me from this body of death ?
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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 .