Roma 7:14

7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. ¹ 

Roma 7:16

7:16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good. ² 

Roma 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Roma 7:25

7:25 Thanks be ³  to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, ⁴  I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but ⁵  with my flesh I serve ⁶  the law of sin.

[7:14]  ¹ tn Grk “under sin.”

[7:16]  ² tn Grk “I agree with the law that it is good.”

[7:25]  ³ tc ‡ Most mss (א* A 1739 1881 Ï sy) read “I give thanks to God” rather than “Now thanks be to God” (א¹ [B] Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506 pc), the reading of NA²⁷. The reading with the verb (εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ, eucaristw tw qew) possibly arose from a transcriptional error in which several letters were doubled (TCGNT 455). The conjunction δέ (de, “now”) is included in some mss as well (א¹ Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506 pc), but it should probably not be considered original. The ms support for the omission of δέ is both excellent and widespread (א* A B D 1739 1881 Ï lat sy), and its addition can be explained as an insertion to smooth out the transition between v. 24 and 25.

[7:25]  ⁴ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[7:25]  ⁶ tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.