Romerne 7

1 Vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til dem, som kjende Loven), at Loven hersker over Mennesket, saa lang tid han lever?2 Den gifte Kvinde er bunden ved Loven til manden, den Stund han lever; men dersom Manden døer, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.3 Derfor skal hun kaldes en Hore, om hun bliver en anden mands, medens Manden lever; men dersom Manden er død, er hun fri fra den Lov, saa at hun ikke er en Hore, om hun bliver en anden Mands.4 Ligesaa ere og I, mine Brødre! døde fra Loven ved Christi Legeme at i skulle blive en Andens, hans som blev oprejst fra de Døde, paa det vi skulle bære Gud Frugt.5 Thi da vi vare i Kjødet, virkede de syndige Lyster, som vaktes ved Loven, i vore Lemmer til at bære Dødens Frugt.6 Men nu ere vi som Døde løste fra Loven, under hvilken vi holdtes, saa at vi skulle tjene i Aandens nye Væsen og ikke i Bogstavens gamle Væsen.7 Hvad skulle vi da sige? Er Loven Synd? Det være langt fra! Men jeg kjendte ikke Synden uden ved Loven; thi end Begjerligheden kjendte jeg ikke, dersom Loven ei havde sagt: du skal ikke begjere.8 Men Synden, som tog Anledning af Budet, virkede al Begjerlighed i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.9 Jeg levede uden Tid uden Lov, men der Budet kom, blev Synden levende igjen;10 og jeg døde, og det Bud, som var givet til Liv, det fandtes at geraade mig til Død;11 thi Synden, som tog Anledning af Budet, forførte mig og dræbte mig ved samme.12 Saaledes var vel Loven hellig, og Budet er helligt og retfærdigt og godt.13 Et da det, som er godt, blevet mig til en Død? Det være langt fra! Men Synden, paa det den skulde kjendes som Synd, er det som formedelst det Gode virkede mig Døden, paa det Synden formedelst Budet skulde vorde overvættes syndig.14 Thi vi vide, at Loven er aandelig; men jeg er kjødelig, solgt under Synden.15 Thi jeg forstaaer ikke, hvad jeg gjør; det som jeg vil, gjør jeg ikke, men hvad jeg hader, det gjør jeg.16 Men gjør jeg det, som jeg ikke vil, da giver jeg Loven det Vidnesbyrd, at den er god.17 Men nu gjør ikke jeg det mere, men Synden, som boer i mig.18 Thi jeg veed, at i mig, det er i mit Kjød, boer ikke Godt; Villien har jeg vel, men et udrette det Gode formaaer jeg ikke;19 thi det Gode, som jeg vil, det gjør jeg ikke; men det Onde, som jeg ikke vil, det gjør jeg.20 Dersom jeg da gjør det, som jeg ikke vil, saa er det ikke mere mig, der uretter det, men Synden, som boer i mig.21 Saa finder jeg da den Lov hos mig, idet jeg vil gjøre det Gode, at det Onde hænger ved mig.22 Thi jeg har Lyst til Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;23 men jeg seer en anden Lov i mine Lemmer, som strider imod mit Sinds Lov og tager migfangen under syndens lov, som er i mine Lemmer.24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvo skal frie mig fra dette Dødsens Legeme?25 Jeg takker Gud ved Jesus Christus, vor Herre. Saa tjener da jeg, den selvsamme, Guds Lov med Sindet, men Syndens Lov med Kjødet.

Romans 7

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisterst (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a persons as long as he lives?2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if hert husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.ts3 So then,t if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if hert husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.4 So, my brothers and sisters,t you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.t5 For when we were in the flesh,t the sinful desires,t aroused by the law, were active in the members of our bodyt to bear fruit for death.

6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have diedt to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.t
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, Is would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone elset if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”s8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires.t For apart from the law, sin is dead.9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive10 and I died. Sot I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!t11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.t

12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.14 For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.t15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.t16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.t17 But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.t19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.
21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.23 But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

25 Thanks bes to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then,t I myself serve the law of God with my mind, butt with my flesh I servet the law of sin.