Romans 7:5 - Easy To Read Version5 In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 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. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 When we were living in the flesh (mere physical lives), the sinful passions that were awakened and aroused up by [what] the Law [makes sin] were constantly operating in our natural powers (in our bodily organs, in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh), so that we bore fruit for death. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible5 When we were self-centered, the sinful passions aroused through the Law were at work in all the parts of our body, so that we bore fruit for death. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version5 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. Ver Capítulo |
I explain this by using an example that people know. I explain it this way because it is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.