Romans 7

1Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

η αγνοειτε, αδελφοι· γινωσκουσιν γαρ νομον λαλω· οτι ο νομος κυριευει του ανθρωπου εφ οσον χρονον ζη;

2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

η γαρ υπανδρος γυνη τω ζωντι ανδρι δεδεται νομω· εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ, κατηργηται απο του νομου του ανδρος.

3So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.

αρα 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 brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

ωστε, 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 were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.

οτε 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 we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

νυνι δε κατηργηθημεν απο του νομου, αποθανοντες εν ω κατειχομεθα, ωστε δουλευειν ημας εν καινοτητι πνευματος και ου παλαιοτητι γραμματος.

7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

τι 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, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.

αφορμην δε λαβουσα η αμαρτια δια της εντολης κατειργασατο εν εμοι πασαν επιθυμιαν· χωρις γαρ νομου αμαρτια νεκρα.

9I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

εγω δε εζων χωρις νομου ποτε· ελθουσης δε της εντολης η αμαρτια ανεζησεν, εγω δε απεθανον,

10And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death.

και ευρεθη μοι η εντολη η εις ζωην, αυτη εις θανατον·

11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

η γαρ αμαρτια αφορμην λαβουσα δια της εντολης εξηπατησεν με και δια αυτης απεκτεινεν.

12Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

ωστε ο μεν νομος αγιος, και η εντολη αγια και δικαια και αγαθη.

13Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

το 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.

14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

οιδαμεν γαρ οτι ο νομος πνευματικος εστιν· εγω δε σαρκικος ειμι, πεπραμενος υπο την αμαρτιαν.

15For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

ο γαρ κατεργαζομαι ου γινωσκω· ου γαρ ο θελω τουτο πρασσω, αλλ ο μισω τουτο ποιω.

16If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

ει δε ο ου θελω τουτο ποιω, συμφημι τω νομω οτι καλος.

17But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

νυνι δε ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο, αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια.

18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

οιδα 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 the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον, αλλ ο ου θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω.

20Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

ει δε ο ου θελω εγω τουτο ποιω, ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο, αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια.

21I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.

ευρισκω αρα τον νομον τω θελοντι εμοι ποιειν το καλον, οτι εμοι το κακον παρακειται·

22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

συνηδομαι γαρ τω νομω του θεου κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον,

23But 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.

βλεπω δε ετερον νομον εν τοις μελεσιν μου αντιστρατευομενον τω νομω του νοος μου και αιχμαλωτιζοντα με [εν] τω νομω της αμαρτιας τω οντι εν τοις μελεσιν μου.

24O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

ταλαιπωρος εγω ανθρωπος! τις με ρυσεται εκ του σωματος του θανατου τουτου;

25I 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.

ευχαριστω τω θεω δια ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων. αρα ουν αυτος εγω τω μεν νοι δουλευω νομω θεου, τη δε σαρκι νομω αμαρτιας.