Romans 7:5-6

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, ¹  the sinful desires, ²  aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body ³  to bear fruit for death. 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ⁴  to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ⁵ 

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¹ tn That is, before we were in Christ.

² tn Or “sinful passions.”

³ tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

⁴ tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

⁵ tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”