Romans 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Greek New Testament: Byzantine Text (Robinson–Pierpont 2018)
1Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
1η αγνοειτε αδελφοι γινωσκουσιν γαρ νομον λαλω οτι ο νομοσ κυριευει του ανθρωπου εφ οσον χρονον ζη
2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
2η γαρ υπανδροσ γυνη τω ζωντι ανδρι δεδεται νομω εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ κατηργηται απο του νομου του ανδροσ
3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
3αρα ουν ζωντοσ του ανδροσ μοιχαλισ χρηματισει εαν γενηται ανδρι ετερω εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ ελευθερα εστιν απο του νομου του μη ειναι αυτην μοιχαλιδα γενομενην ανδρι ετερω
4Therefore, my brothers, 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 to God.
4ωστε αδελφοι μου και υμεισ εθανατωθητε τω νομω δια του σωματοσ του χριστου εισ το γενεσθαι υμασ ετερω τω εκ νεκρων εγερθεντι ινα καρποφορησωμεν τω θεω
5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
5οτε γαρ ημεν εν τη σαρκι τα παθηματα των αμαρτιων τα δια του νομου ενηργειτο εν τοισ μελεσιν ημων εισ το καρποφορησαι τω θανατω
6But now, having died to what 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.
6νυνι δε κατηργηθημεν απο του νομου αποθανοντεσ εν ω κατειχομεθα ωστε δουλευειν ημασ εν καινοτητι πνευματοσ και ου παλαιοτητι γραμματοσ
7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
7τι ουν ερουμεν ο νομοσ αμαρτια μη γενοιτο αλλα την αμαρτιαν ουκ εγνων ει μη δια νομου την τε γαρ επιθυμιαν ουκ ηδειν ει μη ο νομοσ ελεγεν ουκ επιθυμησεισ
8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
8αφορμην δε λαβουσα η αμαρτια δια τησ εντολησ κατειργασατο εν εμοι πασαν επιθυμιαν χωρισ γαρ νομου αμαρτια νεκρα
9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
9εγω δε εζων χωρισ νομου ποτε ελθουσησ δε τησ εντολησ η αμαρτια ανεζησεν εγω δε απεθανον
10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
10και ευρεθη μοι η εντολη η εισ ζωην αυτη εισ θανατον
11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
11η γαρ αμαρτια αφορμην λαβουσα δια τησ εντολησ εξηπατησεν με και δι αυτησ απεκτεινεν
12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
12ωστε ο μεν νομοσ αγιοσ και η εντολη αγια και δικαια και αγαθη
13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
13το ουν αγαθον εμοι γεγονεν θανατοσ μη γενοιτο αλλα η αμαρτια ινα φανη αμαρτια δια του αγαθου μοι κατεργαζομενη θανατον ινα γενηται καθ υπερβολην αμαρτωλοσ η αμαρτια δια τησ εντολησ
14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
14οιδαμεν γαρ οτι ο νομοσ πνευματικοσ εστιν εγω δε σαρκικοσ ειμι πεπραμενοσ υπο την αμαρτιαν
15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
15ο γαρ κατεργαζομαι ου γινωσκω ου γαρ ο θελω τουτο πρασσω αλλ ο μισω τουτο ποιω
16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
16ει δε ο ου θελω τουτο ποιω συμφημι τω νομω οτι καλοσ
17In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
17νυνι δε ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια
18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
18οιδα γαρ οτι ουκ οικει εν εμοι τουτ εστιν εν τη σαρκι μου αγαθον το γαρ θελειν παρακειται μοι το δε κατεργαζεσθαι το καλον ουχ ευρισκω
19For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
19ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον αλλ ο ου θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω
20And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
20ει δε ο ου θελω εγω τουτο ποιω ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια
21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
21ευρισκω αρα τον νομον τω θελοντι εμοι ποιειν το καλον οτι εμοι το κακον παρακειται
22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
22συνηδομαι γαρ τω νομω του θεου κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον
23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
23βλεπω δε ετερον νομον εν τοισ μελεσιν μου αντιστρατευομενον τω νομω του νοοσ μου και αιχμαλωτιζοντα με τω νομω τησ αμαρτιασ τω οντι εν τοισ μελεσιν μου
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
24ταλαιπωροσ εγω ανθρωποσ τισ με ρυσεται εκ του σωματοσ του θανατου τουτου
25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
25ευχαριστω τω θεω δια ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων αρα ουν αυτοσ εγω τω μεν νοι δουλευω νομω θεου τη δε σαρκι νομω αμαρτιασ
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