1 K now 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?

¶ Know ye not, brethren (for I speak to those that know the law), that the law has dominion over a man only as long as he lives?

2 F or 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.

For the woman who is subject to a husband is obligated to the law so long as the husband lives; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law of the husband.

3 S o 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.

So then if, while her husband lives, she belongs to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress if she belongs to another man.

4 W herefore, 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.

Likewise ye also, my brethren, are become dead to the law in the body of the Christ that ye should belong to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

5 F or 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.

For while we were in the flesh, the affections of the sins which were by the law worked in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

6 B ut 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.

But now we are free from the law of death in which we were held, that we might serve in newness of Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 W hat 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.

¶ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? No, in no wise. But, I did not know sin except by the law; for neither would I have known lust if the law did not say, Thou shalt not covet.

8 B ut sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Then sin, when there was occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of lust. For without the law sin was as if it were dormant.

9 F or I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

So that without the law I lived for some time; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 A nd the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

And I found that the same commandment, which was unto life, was mortal unto me.

11 F or sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

For sin, having had occasion, deceived me by the commandment and by it killed me.

12 W herefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

So the law is truly holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

13 W as 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.

Was then that which is good made death unto me? No, in no wise. But sin, to show itself sin by that which is good, worked death in me, making sin exceedingly sinful by the commandment.

14 F or we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

¶ For we now know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold unto subjection by sin.

15 F or that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

For that which I do, I do not understand, and not even the good that I desire is what I do; but what I hate, that is what I do.

16 I f then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

If then I do that which I do not desire, I approve that the law is good.

17 N ow then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

So that it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

18 F or 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.

And I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing; for I have the desire, but I am not able to perform that which is good.

19 F or the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not desire, that I do.

20 N ow if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

And if I do that which I do not desire, I am not working, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

So that, desiring to do good, I find this law: evil is natural unto me.

22 F or I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

For I delight with the law of God with the inward man,

23 B ut 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.

but I see another law in my members which rebels against the law of my mind, bringing captive unto 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?

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.

The grace of God, by Jesus, the Christ, our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.