Romans 7

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Know you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth?	1 Or do you not know, brothers, (now I am speaking to those who know the law) that the law has dominion over a man only so long as he lives?
2 For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.	2 For example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.
3 Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.	3 Therefore, while her husband lives, if she has been with another man, she should be called an adulteress. But when her husband has died, she is freed from the law of her husband, such that, if she has been with another man, she is not an adulteress.
4 Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.	4 And so, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law, through the body of Christ, so that you may be another one who has risen from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.	5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were under the law, operated within our bodies, so as to bear fruit unto death.
6 But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.	6 But now we have been released from the law of death, by which we were being held, so that now we may serve with a renewed spirit, and not in the old way, by the letter.
7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet.	7 What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: “You shall not covet.”
8 But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.	8 But sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
9 And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,	9 Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,
10 And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.	10 and I died. And the commandment, which was unto life, was itself found to be unto death for me.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.	11 For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.
12 Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.	12 And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is 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.	13 Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.	14 For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
15 For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do.	15 For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.
16 If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.	16 So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.	17 But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me.
18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.	18 For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach.
19 For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.	19 For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.
20 Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.	20 Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.
21 I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.	21 And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.
22 For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:	22 For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.
23 But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members.	23 But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body.
24 Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?	24 Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death?
25 The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.	25 The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord! Therefore, I serve the law of God with my own mind; but with the flesh, the law of sin.