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1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law, ) how that the law hath do­min­ion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the wom­an which hath an hus­band is bound by the law to her hus­band so long as he liveth; but if the hus­band be dead, she is loosed from the law of her hus­band. 3 So then if, while her hus­band liveth, she be mar­ried to an­oth­er man, she shall be called an adul­ter­ess: but if her hus­band be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adul­ter­ess, though she be mar­ried to an­oth­er man. 4 Where­fore, my brethren, ye also are be­come dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be mar­ried to an­oth­er, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the mo­tions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our mem­bers to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are de­liv­ered from the law, that be­ing dead where­in we were held; that we should serve in new­ness of spir­it, and not in the old­ness of the let­ter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God for­bid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, ex­cept the law had said, Thou shalt not cov­et. 8 But sin, tak­ing oc­ca­sion by the com­mand­ment, wrought in me all man­ner of con­cu­pis­cence. For with­out the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive with­out the law once: but when the com­mand­ment came, sin re­vived, and I died. 10 And the com­mand­ment, which was ordained to life, I found ­to be unto death. 11 For sin, tak­ing oc­ca­sion by the com­mand­ment, de­ceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Where­fore the law is holy, and the com­mand­ment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God for­bid. But sin, that it might ap­pear sin, work­ing death in me by that which is good; that sin by the com­mand­ment might be­come ex­ceed­ing sin­ful. 14 For we know that the law is spir­i­tu­al: but I am car­nal, sold un­der sin. 15 For that which I do I al­low not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I con­sent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh, ) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is pre­sent with me; but how to per­form that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is pre­sent with me. 22 For I de­light in the law of God af­ter the in­ward man: 23 But I see an­oth­er law in my mem­bers, war­ring against the law of my mind, and bring­ing me into cap­tiv­i­ty to the law of sin which is in my mem­bers. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall de­liv­er me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Je­sus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I my­self serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.