Romans 7:1 - Easy To Read Version Brothers and sisters, you all understand the law \{of Moses\}. So surely you know that the law rules over a person only while he is alive. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition DO YOU not know, brethren–for I am speaking to men who are acquainted with the Law–that legal claims have power over a person only for as long as he is alive? American Standard Version (1901) Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, I’m talking to you as people who know the Law. Don’t you know that the Law has power over someone only as long as he or she lives? Catholic Public Domain Version 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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? |
Ezra, I give you the authority to use the wisdom you have from your God and choose civil and religious judges. These men will be judges for all the people living in the area west of the Euphrates River. They will judge all the people who know the laws of your God. And if someone doesn’t know those laws, those judges must teach him about those laws.
The commands and teachings from your parents are like a light that shows you the right way. They correct you and train you to follow the path to life.
Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to come to you. But I have not been allowed to come to you. I wanted to come so that I could help you grow spiritually. I want to help you like I have helped the other non-Jewish people.
Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God.
Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.
Sin will not be your master. Why? Because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace (kindness).
Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ Jesus when we were baptized {\cf2\super [49]} ? We shared his death in our baptism. {\cf2\super [50]}
In the past, the law held us like prisoners. But our old selves died and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way with the Spirit. {\cf2\super [53]}
They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. I wish I could help them. I would even have a curse on me and cut myself off from Christ if that would help them.
These things are not only what men think. God’s law says the same things.
Some of you people still want to be under the law \{of Moses\}. Tell me, do you know what the law says?