7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died 1 to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. 2
1 tnGrk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
2 tnGrk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”