<vn='1'><sn="*2228"></s> Know ye <sn="50">not</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, ( <sn="1063">for</s> I <sn="2980">speak</s> to them that <sn="1097">know</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>,) how <sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> hath dominion <sn="2961">over</s> a <sn="444 *1909">man</s> as long <sn="3745 5550">as</s> he <sn="2198">liveth</s>? </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1135">woman</s> which hath an <sn="5220">husband</s> is <sn="1210">bound</s> by the <sn="3551">law</s> to her <sn="435">husband</s> so long as he <sn="2198">liveth</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">husband</s> be <sn="599">dead</s>, she is <sn="2673">loosed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of her <sn="435">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="686">So</s><sn="3767">then</s><sn="1437">if</s>, while her <sn="435">husband</s><sn="2198">liveth</s>, she be <sn="1096">married</s> to <sn="2087">another</s><sn="435">man</s>, she shall be <sn="5537">called</s> an <sn="3428">adulteress</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1437">if</s> her <sn="435">husband</s> be <sn="599">dead</s>, she <sn="2076">is</s><sn="1658">free</s><sn="575">from</s> that <sn="3551">law</s>; so that <sn="846">she</s><sn="1511">is</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="3428">adulteress</s>, though she be <sn="1096">married</s> to <sn="2087">another</s><sn="435">man</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="5210">ye</s><sn="2532">also</s> are become <sn="2289">dead</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; that <sn="5209">ye</s> should be <sn="1096">married</s> to <sn="2087">another</s>, even to him who is <sn="1453">raised</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we should bring forth <sn="2592">fruit</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3753">when</s> we <sn="2258">were</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3804">motions</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> were <sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, did <sn="1754">work</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3196">members</s> to bring forth <sn="2592">fruit</s> unto <sn="2288">death</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3570">now</s> we are <sn="2673">delivered</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, that being <sn="599">dead</s><sn="1722 3739">wherein</s> we were <sn="2722">held</s>; <sn="5620">that</s><sn="2248">we</s> should <sn="1398">serve</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2538">newness</s> of <sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s> in the <sn="3821">oldness</s> of the <sn="1121">letter</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5101">What</s> shall we <sn="2046">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>? Is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="266">sin</s>? God <sn="1096 3361">forbid</s>. <sn="235">Nay</s>, I had <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1097">known</s><sn="266">sin</s>, <sn="1508">but</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> I <sn="*5037">had</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1492">known</s><sn="1939">lust</s>, <sn="1508">except</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> had <sn="3004">said</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1937">covet</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="266">sin</s>, <sn="2983">taking</s><sn="874">occasion</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, <sn="2716">wrought</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s> all <sn="3956">manner</s> of <sn="1939">concupiscence</s>. <sn="1063">For</s><sn="5565">without</s> the <sn="3551">law</s><sn="266">sin</s> was <sn="3498">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">For</s><sn="1473">I</s> was <sn="2198">alive</s><sn="5565">without</s> the <sn="3551">law</s><sn="4218">once</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="2064">came</s>, <sn="266">sin</s><sn="326">revived</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="599">died</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> was ordained <sn="1519">to</s><sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="3427">I</s><sn="2147">found</s> to <sn="*3778">be</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2288">death</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> is <sn="40">holy</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="40">holy</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1342">just</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="18">good</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Was <sn="3767">then</s> that which is <sn="18">good</s><sn="1096">made</s><sn="2288">death</s> unto <sn="1698">me</s>? God <sn="1096 3361">forbid</s>. <sn="235">But</s><sn="266">sin</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> it might <sn="5316">appear</s><sn="266">sin</s>, <sn="2716">working</s><sn="2288">death</s> in <sn="3427">me</s><sn="1223">by</s> that which is <sn="18">good</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="266">sin</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1785">commandment</s> might <sn="1096">become</s><sn="2596 5236">exceeding</s><sn="268">sinful</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="4152">spiritual</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="4559">carnal</s>, <sn="4097">sold</s><sn="5259">under</s><sn="266">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> I <sn="2716">do</s> I <sn="1097">allow</s><sn="3756">not</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3739">what</s> I <sn="2309">would</s>, <sn="5124">that</s><sn="4238">do</s> I <sn="3756">not</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3739">what</s> I <sn="3404">hate</s>, <sn="5124">that</s><sn="4160">do</s> I. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1487">If</s><sn="1161">then</s> I <sn="4160">do</s><sn="5124">that</s><sn="3739">which</s> I <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s>, I <sn="4852">consent</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="3754">that</s> it is <sn="2570">good</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3570">Now</s><sn="1161">then</s> it is no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="1473">I</s> that <sn="2716">do</s><sn="846">it</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="266">sin</s> that <sn="3611">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s> (that <sn="5123">is</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>,) <sn="3611">dwelleth</s><sn="3756">no</s> good <sn="18">thing</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> to <sn="2309">will</s> is <sn="3873">present</s> with <sn="3427">me</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> how to <sn="2716">perform</s> that which is <sn="2570">good</s> I <sn="2147">find</s><sn="3756">not</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s> the <sn="18">good</s><sn="3739">that</s> I <sn="2309">would</s> I <sn="4160">do</s><sn="3756">not</s>: <sn="235">but</s> the <sn="2556">evil</s><sn="3739">which</s> I <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="5124">that</s> I <sn="4238">do</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="4160">do</s><sn="5124">that</s><sn="*3739">I</s><sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s>, it is no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="1473">I</s> that <sn="2716">do</s><sn="846">it</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="266">sin</s> that <sn="3611">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I <sn="2147">find</s><sn="686">then</s> a <sn="3551">law</s>, that, when <sn="1698">I</s><sn="2309">would</s><sn="4160">do</s><sn="2570 *3754">good</s>, <sn="2556">evil</s> is <sn="3873">present</s> with <sn="1698">me</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="4913">delight</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2080">inward</s><sn="444">man</s>: </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="991">see</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3196">members</s>, warring <sn="497">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3450">my</s><sn="3563">mind</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> bringing me into <sn="163 3165">captivity</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="266">sin</s> which <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3196">members</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>O <sn="5005">wretched</s><sn="444">man</s> that <sn="1473">I</s> am! <sn="5101">who</s> shall <sn="4506">deliver</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="2288">death</s>? </v>
<vn='25'>I <sn="2168">thank</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. <sn="686">So</s><sn="3767">then</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3563">mind</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="848 *3303">myself</s><sn="1398">serve</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="266">sin</s>. </v>