Romans 7:6
“But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Romans 7:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
But now we are set free from the law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Jetzt aber sind wir von dem Gesetz losgemacht, da wir dem gestorben sind, in welchem wir festgehalten wurden, so daß wir dienen in dem Neuen des Geistes und nicht in dem Alten des Buchstabens.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas ahora estamos libres de la ley, habiendo muerto á aquella en la cual estábamos detenidos, para que sirvamos en novedad de espíritu, y no en vejez de letra.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas agora estamos livres da Lei, estando mortos para aquilo em que estávamos presos, para que sirvamos em novidade de espírito, e não na velhice da norma escrita.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Todavia, agora estamos livres da lei. Morremos para aquilo a que estávamos presos, para então servir na novidade do Espírito, e não na velhice da letra.
📖 Romans 7:6 in Context
4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
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