Romans 7:8-14 in English

⁸ but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

⁹ And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

¹⁰ and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.

¹² So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

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

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.

⁸ but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

⁹ And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

¹⁰ and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.

¹² So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shewn to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

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

⁸ And because of what that commandment stated, my sinful desire to have things that belong to others PRS caused me to covet in many ways. Our desire to sin is not stimulated MET when there is no law that prohibits our doing sinful things.

⁹ Formerly, when I did not know what God's laws required, I used to live without worrying about what I was doing. But when I became aware that God commanded, “You must not covet,” I suddenly realized PRS that I was sinning,

¹⁰ and I realized that I was separated from God. The laws that I thought would enable me to live eternally as a result of my obeying them caused me to realize that I was separated from God!

¹¹ My desire to sin found a way PRS to deceive me by making me think wrongly that I could keep on sinning and at the same time obey those laws enough so that I would live eternally, and thus it caused me to be separated from God PRS.

¹² So we conclude that the laws that God gave to Moses are holy. What God commanded about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded, is also holy, and it is just and good.

¹³ So, if someone were to object saying, “ The laws that God gave Moses, which are good, ◄resulted in my being separated from God!/did they result in my being separated from God?► RHQ” I would reply, “Certainly they did not do that!” But instead, those laws, which are good, stimulated my desire to sin. I knew that the result was that I was separated from God. And also, because I learned what God had commanded, I knew that what I was doing was truly sinful.

¹⁴ We know that the laws that God gave Moses came from God's Spirit. But as for me, I am influenced by my self-directed nature. It is as though I have been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin MET.

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

⁹ And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

¹⁰ And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:

¹¹ For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.

¹² But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

¹³ Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.

¹⁴ For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

⁸ but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.

⁹ But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.

¹⁰ And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death:

¹¹ for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

¹² So that the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

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

⁸ But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

⁹ And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,

¹⁰ And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

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

¹² Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

¹³ Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.

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

⁸ But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of lust. For apart from the law sin was dead.

⁹ For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

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

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

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.

¹³ Then has that which is good become death to me? By no means! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through that which is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But the sin, grasping an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. Now without the law sin is dead.

⁹ Once upon a time, without law, I was actually ‘alive’; but when the commandment came, the sin came to life and I died.

¹⁰ Yes, the commandment that was to bring me life turned out to bring death.

¹¹ Because the sin, grasping an opportunity through the commandment, completely deceived me, and used it to ‘kill’ me.

¹² So then, the law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

¹³ So has what is good become death to me? Of course not! Rather the sin, that it might be exposed as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment the sin might become extremely sinful.

¹⁴ We know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, having been ‘sold’ under sin

⁸ But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead.

⁹ I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died.

¹⁰ I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,

¹¹ because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!

¹² However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.

¹³ Now would something that is good kill me? Of course not! But sin shows itself to be sin by using good to cause my death. So by means of the commandment, it's revealed how evil sin really is.

¹⁴ We realize that the law is spiritual; but I'm all-too-human, a slave to sin.

⁸ But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead.

⁹ For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,

¹⁰ But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.

¹¹ For sinne tooke occasion by the commandement, and deceiued me, and thereby slewe me.

¹² Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.

¹³ Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinfull by the commandement.

¹⁴ For we knowe that the Law is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.

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.

⁸ But sin, seizing the opportunity, wrought in me by means of the commandment all manner of sinful desire; for without the Law sin is dead.

⁹ And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;

¹⁰ and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.

¹¹ For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me.

¹² So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be it! but sin; that it might become manifest as sin, causing death to me by means of that which is good; that sin by means of the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

¹⁴ For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, a slave sold to sin.

⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.

⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

¹⁰ The Commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!

¹¹ sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.

¹² And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

¹³ Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the Commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.

¹⁴ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly — sold into slavery to sin.

⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.

⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

¹⁰ The Commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!

¹¹ sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.

¹² And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

¹³ Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the Commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.

¹⁴ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly — sold into slavery to sin.

⁸ But after I heard that law, then I started to think that bad way. You see, if I don’t ever hear that law I will not go wrong like that.

⁹ Before I ever heard the law I was alive, but then that law woke that bad part of me up and now it makes me go wrong,

¹⁰ so I have to die. That law’s job was to show me how I can live, but all it did was this, it told me, “You will die.”

¹¹ That bad part of me used the law to trick me so that I did bad things, and now I know that I will die.

¹² But that law itself is really good. It tells us to do things that are right and good.

¹³ But if that law is good, will that good thing make me die? No way. It was like this – the law showed me what is right and what is wrong, and after I knew this, that bad part of me used that law to tell me that I’ve got to die. So that law does this. It shows us that it is really bad to go wrong and to do bad things.

¹⁴ The problem is not the law, it is me. We know this. A long time ago God told Moses to write down that law, so there is nothing wrong with the law. But there is something wrong with me. I’m just a normal human. I keep going wrong. There is a bad part of me inside me that is my boss and I have to do everything that this boss tells me to do.

⁸ But synne toke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundement and wrought in me all manner of concupiscece. For with out the lawe synne was deed.

⁹ I once lived with out lawe. But when the commaundement came synne revyved and I was deed.

¹⁰ And the very same comaundement which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of deeth.

¹¹ For synne toke occasion by the meanes of the comaundement and so disceaved me and by the selfe commaundement slewe me.

¹² Wherfore the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good.

¹³ Was that then which is good made deeth vnto me? God forbyd. Naye synne was deeth vnto me that it myght appere how that synne by the meanes of that which is good had wrought deeth in me: that synne which is vnder the commandement myght be out of measure synfull.

¹⁴ For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall solde vnder synne

⁸ But sin took the opportunity through the commandment and brought about every lust in me. For without the law, sin is dead.

⁹ At one time I was alive without the law, but when the commandment came, sin regained life, and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment that was to bring life turned out to be death for me.

¹¹ For sin took the opportunity through the commandment and deceived me. Through the commandment it killed me.

¹² So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ So did what is good become death to me? May it never be. But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin through what is good, brought about death in me. This was in order that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh. I have been sold under slavery to sin.

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

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 to 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 to me? By no means. 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.

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁰ The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

¹¹ for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

¹² Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

¹³ Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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

⁸ And through occasion taken, sin by the commandment hath wrought in me all covetousness; for without the law, sin was dead.

⁹ And I lived without the law sometime; but when the commandment was come or had come, sin lived again. But I was dead,

¹⁰ and this commandment that was to life, was found to me, to be to death.

¹¹ For sin, through occasion taken by the commandment, deceived me, and by that it slew me.

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

¹³ Is then that thing that is good, made death to me? God forbid. But sin, that it seem sin, through good thing wrought death to me, that me or that men sin over-manner through the commandment.

¹⁴ And we know, that the law is spiritual; but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

⁸ And through occasion taken, sin by the commandment hath wrought in me all covetousness; for without the law, sin was dead.

⁹ And I lived without the law sometime; but when the commandment was come or but when the commandment had come, sin lived again. But I was dead,

¹⁰ and this commandment that was to life, was found to me, to be to death.

¹¹ For sin, through occasion taken by the commandment, deceived me, and by that it slew me.

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

¹³ Is then that thing that is good, made death to me? God forbid. But sin, that it seem sin, through good thing wrought death to me, (so) that me sin over-manner/(so) that men sin over-manner through the commandment. Therefore that that is good, is made death to me? Far be it. But that sin appear, or be known, (as) sin, through good thing wrought death to me, (so) that there be made sin sinning over-manner or over-measure, by (the) commandment.

¹⁴ And we know, that the law is spiritual; but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

⁸ 'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

⁹ And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

¹⁰ and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;

¹¹ for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay me;

¹² so that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

¹³ That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

¹⁴ for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;