Do You Produce Fruit that Leads to Life or Leads to Death? |
Romans 7:1-25 The Epistle [a.k.a. Letter] of Paul to the Romans [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Don't] you know, brethren, (for I speak to [those, who] know the Law [of Moses,]) & how the Law [has control] over a man as long as he [lives?] For the woman, [who has] a husband, is bound by the Law to her husband, [as] long as he [lives.] But if the husband [is] dead, she is [released] from the Law, [related to] her husband. |
So, if while her husband [is alive,] & she [is] then married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband [is] dead, she is free from that Law, so that she is no [longer an] adulteress, [although] she [is] married to another man. |
[For this reason,] my brethren, you [have] also become dead to the Law [of Moses,][through] the body of Christ; [so] that you should be married to another, even to [Jesus Christ,] Who is raised [up] from the dead, [so] that we should [produce] fruit to God. |
For when we were [focused on the desires of] the [sinful] flesh, which were [done while we were under the control of] the Law, & [worked] in our [body's] members, [what produces] fruit [that leads] to death. |
But now [that] we are delivered from the Law, & being dead [to the sin in which] we were held [by,] [so] that we should serve [with] newness of spirit, & not in the [old sinful ways, while we were under the] letter [of the Law.] |
Then, what shall we say? Is the Law sin? [No. Let it not be so.] I hadn't known sin, but [because of] the Law, [I became aware of what sin was.] For I hadn't known [what] lust [was,] except [that] the Law had said, You shall not covet, [a.k.a. envy.] |
But taking occasion, [a.k.a. living for the day,] sin [brought about] all [types of desire within] me [in opposition to] the commandment. For without the [awareness of] the Law, sin was dead. |
For I was alive once; [outside] the Law, but when the commandment came, [& was understood,] sin revived, [a.k.a. was restored,] & [because of my sinful desires,] I [would have] died. [Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord.] |
And the commandment [established] [which leads] to Life, I found [identifies sinfulness that leads] to death. For [living for the day,] sin deceived me, & by it [would have ] [killed] me, [according to] the commandment. |
The Law is Holy, [for this reason,] & the [commandments] [are] Holy, just, [a.k.a. fair,] & good. Then, was that which is good, made, [a.k.a. produced,] [what has the potential to cause] death to me? [Let it not be so.] |
But sin, [so] that it might [be apparent] [as] sin, [worked, a.k.a. brought about,] death in me, by the commandment that which is good. [So,] that [through the commandment's identifying] sin, [we] might [realize that sin leads to] [becoming exceedingly] sinful. |
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, [a.k.a. worldly,] sold [into slavery to those desires through] sin. For [what] I don't [want] to allow, [is what] I do. For what I [want to do,] I [don't] do; but what I hate, [that's what] I do. |
Then, if I do that which I [don't] [want,] I consent, [a.k.a. agree with] the Law that is good. [Furthermore,] now, it is no [longer] I, [who] do it, but [the] sin that [dwells within] me. |
For I know that [within] me (this is, in my [sinful] flesh, no good thing [dwells.] For [wanting to do good,] is present [within] me. But I [can't] find [out,] how to [accomplish,] that which is good. |
For I [don't] do, the good that [I want to do;] but I do the evil, which I [don't] [want to do.] Now, if I do [what] I [don't] [want to do,] it's no [longer] I, [who] do it, but [the] [sinful] [nature] that [dwells within] me. |
Then, I [found] a Law, that, when I [want to] do good, evil is [here within] me. For I delight in the Law of God, [within mankind.] [Jeremiah 31:33-34 *But this shall be the Covenant [a.k.a. contract,] that I will make with the house of Israel. The Lord [says,] After those days, I will put My Law in their inward parts, & write it in their hearts, & will be their God, & they shall be My people. And they shall no [longer,] every man teach his neighbor & his brother, saying, Know the Lord. For they shall know Me, from the: [powerless] to the [powerful] of them, [says] the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, & I will no [longer] remember their sin.] |
But I [also] see another law [within] my [body's] members, [struggling] against the Law of [God within] my mind, bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is [within] my [body's] members. |
O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the [sinful] body, [that potentially leads to] this death? [John 3:16-17 *For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, [so] that [whoever believes] in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. For God [didn't send] His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world might be saved through Him.] |
I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, with [my] mind, I serve the Law of God; but the law of sin, with the flesh. [Matthew 26:41 Watch & pray, [so] that you [don't] enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.] |