ASV 1 Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? NIV 1 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? ASV 2 For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. NIV 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. ASV 3 So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man. NIV 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. ASV 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God. NIV 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. ASV 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. NIV 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. ASV 6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. NIV 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. ASV 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet: NIV 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” ASV 8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin [is] dead. NIV 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. ASV 9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; NIV 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. ASV 10 and the commandment, which [was] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death: NIV 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. ASV 11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. NIV 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. ASV 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. NIV 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. ASV 13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. NIV 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. ASV 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. NIV 14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. ASV 15 For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do. NIV 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. ASV 16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good. NIV 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. ASV 17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. NIV 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. ASV 18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not. NIV 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. ASV 19 For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. NIV 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. ASV 20 But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. NIV 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. ASV 21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present. NIV 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ASV 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: NIV 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; ASV 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. NIV 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. ASV 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death? NIV 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? ASV 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. NIV 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
NIV 1 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? NIV 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. NIV 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. NIV 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. NIV 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. NIV 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. NIV 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” NIV 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. NIV 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. NIV 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. NIV 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. NIV 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. NIV 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. NIV 14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. NIV 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. NIV 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. NIV 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. NIV 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. NIV 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. NIV 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. NIV 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. NIV 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; NIV 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. NIV 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? NIV 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.