^{1 Ref} Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?

^{2 Ref} For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

^{3 Ref} So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

^{4 Ref} In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

^{5 Ref} For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

^{6 Ref} But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

^{7 Ref} What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

^{8 Ref} But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

^{9 Ref} And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

^{10 Ref} And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:

^{11 Ref} For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.

^{12 Ref} But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

^{13 Ref} Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.

^{14 Ref} For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

^{15 Ref} And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

^{16 Ref} But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

^{17 Ref} So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

^{18 Ref} For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

^{19 Ref} For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

^{20 Ref} But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

^{21 Ref} So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.

^{22 Ref} In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

^{23 Ref} But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

^{24 Ref} How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

^{25 Ref} I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.

^{1 Ref} Or don't you know, brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

^{2 Ref} For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

^{3 Ref} So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

^{4 Ref} Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

^{5 Ref} For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

^{6 Ref} But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

^{7 Ref} What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

^{8 Ref} But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

^{9 Ref} I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

^{10 Ref} The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

^{11 Ref} for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

^{12 Ref} Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

^{13 Ref} Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! 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.

^{14 Ref} For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

^{15 Ref} For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

^{16 Ref} But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

^{17 Ref} So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

^{18 Ref} For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

^{19 Ref} For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

^{20 Ref} But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

^{21 Ref} I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

^{22 Ref} For I delight in God's law after the inward man,

^{23 Ref} 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.

^{24 Ref} What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

^{25 Ref} I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.