Romans 7:14
“For wee know that the Law is spirituall: but I am carnall, sold vnder sinne.”
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Romans 7:14 Context
12Wherefore the Law is holy, and the Commandement holy, and iust, and good. 13Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid. But sinne, that it might appeare sinne, working death in mee by that which is good: that sinne by the Commaundement might become exceeding sinfull. 14For wee know that the Law is spirituall: but I am carnall, sold vnder sinne. 15For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not, but what I hate, that doe I. 16If then I doe that which I would not, I consent vnto the Law, that it is good.
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Other Translations for Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- King James Version
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
- Basic English Bible
For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.
- Darby Bible
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Webster's Bible
For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual--the slave, bought and sold, of sin.
- Weymouth Bible
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
- World English Bible
And we witen, that the lawe is spiritual; but Y am fleischli, seld vndur synne.
- Wycliffe Bible
for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Romans 7:14
7:14 I am carnal - St. Paul, having compared together the past and present state of believers, that in the flesh, #Rom 7:5|, and that in the spirit, #Rom 7:6|, in answering two objections, (Is then the law sin? #Rom 7:7|, and, Is the law death? #Rom 7:13|,) interweaves the whole process of a man reasoning, groaning, striving, and escaping from the legal to the evangelical state. This he does from #Rom 7:7|, to the end of this chapter. Sold under sin - Totally enslaved; slaves bought with money were absolutely at their master's disposal.
People's Bible Notes for Romans 7:14
Ro 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual. The apostle continues still further to show that, not the law, but sin is the source of death. The law is "spiritual", that is, is divine and adapted to our spiritual nature. While there were "carnal ordinances", its essential principles were spiritual. But I am carnal. Paul describes his condition while under the law. It was spiritual; but he was carnal, and hence, there was a conflict. Sold under sin. Hence, in a state of slavery. Though Paul uses the present tense, in order to make the description more vivid, he describes his condition before he became a Christian.