Rimanom 7
1 Vari neviete, bratia - veď hovorím takým, čo poznajú zákon -, že zákon panuje nad človekom, dokiaľ žije?2 Aj vydatú ženu zákon viaže len k žijúcemu mužovi; ak muž zomrie, je oslobodená od zákona muža.3 Kým teda žije muž, budú ju volať cudzoložnicou, ak patrí inému mužovi. Ale ak muž zomrie, je oslobodená od zákona a nie je cudzoložnicou, ak patrí inému mužovi.4 Tak ste aj vy, bratia moji, zomreli zákonu skrze Kristovo telo, aby ste patrili inému, tomu, ktorý bol vzkriesený z mŕtvych, aby sme prinášali ovocie Bohu.5 Lebo kým sme boli v tele, pôsobili v našich údoch hriešne vášne, podnecované zákonom, a prinášali ovocie smrti.6 Ale teraz sme oslobodení od zákona, lebo sme zomreli tomu, čo nás držalo v zajatí, aby sme tak slúžili po novom, v Duchu, a nie po starom, podľa litery.7 Čo teda povieme? Je zákon hriechom? Vonkoncom nie! Ale hriech som poznal iba skrze zákon; veď by som nevedel o žiadostivosti, keby zákon nehovoril: „Nepožiadaš!“8 Ale hriech, keď sa mu naskytla príležitosť, skrze prikázanie vzbudil vo mne všetku žiadostivosť; lebo bez zákona bol hriech mŕtvy.9 Ja som kedysi žil bez zákona, ale keď prišlo prikázanie, hriech ožil10 a ja som zomrel; i ukázalo sa, že to prikázanie, ktoré bolo pre život, bolo mi na smrť.11 Lebo hriech, keď sa mu naskytla príležitosť, skrze prikázanie ma zviedol, a tým zabil.12 Tak teda zákon je svätý, aj prikázanie je sväté, spravodlivé a dobré.13 Teda to dobré stalo sa mi smrťou? Vonkoncom nie! Ale hriech, aby sa ukázal ako hriech, spôsobil mi prostredníctvom toho dobrého smrť, aby sa tak hriech skrze prikázanie ukázal nadmieru hriešnym.14 Vieme, že zákon je duchovný, ale ja som telesný, zapredaný hriechu.15 Ani nechápem, čo robím, lebo nerobím to, čo chcem, ale robím to, čo nenávidím.16 No ak robím to, čo nechcem, priznávam zákonu, že je dobrý.17 Potom to však už nerobím ja, ale hriech, ktorý vo mne sídli.18 Viem totiž, že vo mne, to jest v mojom tele, nesídli dobro; lebo chcieť dobro, to mi je blízko, ale robiť dobro nie.19 Veď nerobím dobro, ktoré chcem, ale robím zlo, ktoré nechcem.20 No ak robím to, čo nechcem, už to nerobím ja, ale hriech, ktorý vo mne sídli.21 Badám teda taký zákon, že keď chcem robiť dobro, je mi blízko zlo.22 Podľa vnútorného človeka s radosťou súhlasím s Božím zákonom;23 ale vo svojich údoch pozorujem iný zákon, ktorý odporuje zákonu mojej mysle a robí ma zajatcom zákona hriechu, ktorý je v mojich údoch.24 Ja nešťastný človek! Kto ma vyslobodí z tohto tela smrti?25 Ale nech je Bohu vďaka skrze Ježiša Krista, nášho Pána! Ja sám teda mysľou slúžim Božiemu zákonu a telom zákonu hriechu.
ROMANS 7
An Example from Marriage
1 My friends, you surely understand enough about law to know that laws only have power over people who are alive. 2 For example, the Law says that a man's wife must remain his wife as long as he lives. But once her husband is dead, she is free
3 to marry someone else. However, if she goes off with another man while her husband is still alive, she is said to be unfaithful.
4 That is how it is with you, my friends. You are now part of the body of Christ and are dead to the power of the Law. You are free to belong to Christ, who was raised to life so we could serve God. 5 When we thought only of ourselves, the Law made us have sinful desires. It made every part of our bodies into slaves who are doomed to die.
6 But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.The Battle with Sin
7 t Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do this.
8 It was sin that used this command as a way of making me have all kinds of desires. But without the Law, sin is dead.
9 Before I knew about the Law, I was alive. But as soon as I heard that command, sin came to life, 10 and I died. The very command that was supposed to bring life to me, instead brought death. 11 t Sin used this command to trick me, and because of it I died.
12 Still, the Law and its commands are holy and correct and good.
13 Am I saying something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is. 14 We know that the Law is spiritual. But I am merely a human, and I have been sold as a slave to sin. 15 t In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. 16 Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good.
17 So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
18 I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. 19 Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong.
20 And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
21 The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. 22 With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. 23 But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. 24 What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die?
25 Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.
So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.