‘I have kept all these,’ the young man told him. ‘What do I still lack? ’
Romans 7:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Once I was alive, but quite apart from and unconscious of the Law. But when the commandment came, sin lived again and I died (was sentenced by the Law to death). [Ps. 73:22.] American Standard Version (1901) And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; Common English Bible I used to be alive without the Law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, Catholic Public Domain Version Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived, |
‘I have kept all these,’ the young man told him. ‘What do I still lack? ’
But he replied to his father, “Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.
since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them. ,
and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.
For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.
And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone who does not do everything written in the book of the law is cursed. ,