Romans 7:5,23 - Compare All Versions

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For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.

but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.

But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

For when we were in the flesh,  the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us  , to bear fruit for death.

but I see a different law in the parts of my body,  , waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.

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.

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.

For 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.

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.

So, my friends, this is something like what has taken place with you. When Christ died he took that entire rule-dominated way of life down with him and left it in the tomb, leaving you free to “marry” a resurrection life and bear “offspring” of faith for God. For as long as we lived that old way of life, doing whatever we felt we could get away with, sin was calling most of the shots as the old law code hemmed us in. And this made us all the more rebellious. In the end, all we had to show for it was miscarriages and stillbirths. But now that we’re no longer shackled to that domineering mate of sin, and out from under all those oppressive regulations and fine print, we’re free to live a new life in the freedom of God.

It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.

For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were brought to light by the Law, were at work in the parts of our body to bear fruit for death.

but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts.

When we were living in the flesh [trapped by sin], the sinful passions, which were awakened by [that which] the Law [identifies as sin], were at work in our body to bear fruit for death [since the willingness to sin led to death and separation from God].

but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.

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.