Romans 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Know 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?
2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
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.
9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18For I know that in me(that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358874× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- νόμοςnómosG355123× in this chapter
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
- δέdéG116115× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- ἐγώegṓG147315× in this chapter
I, me
- ἁμαρτίαhamartíaG26615× in this chapter
a sin (properly abstract)
- μέméG316514× in this chapter
me
- οὐouG375614× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- γάρgárG106313× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- ἐνenG172212× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- διάdiáG12239× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- καίkaíG25328× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- ὅςhósG37398× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- οὗτοςhoûtosG37788× in this chapter
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
- γίνομαιgínomaiG10967× in this chapter
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
- θέλωthélōG23097× in this chapter
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
- ἀνήρanḗrG4357× in this chapter
a man (properly as an individual male)
- εἰμίeimíG15106× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- ἐντολήentolḗG17856× in this chapter
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
- ἀλλάalláG2356× in this chapter
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
- κατεργάζομαιkatergázomaiG27166× in this chapter
to work fully, i.e. accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion
- ἀγαθόςagathósG185× in this chapter
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
- θάνατοςthánatosG22885× in this chapter
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
- μήmḗG33615× in this chapter
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether
- ὅτιhótiG37545× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- ποιέωpoiéōG41605× in this chapter
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
- αὐτόςautósG8465× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- εἰeiG14874× in this chapter
if, whether, that, etc.
- εἰςeisG15194× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- ἕτεροςhéterosG20874× in this chapter
(an-, the) other or different
- ζάωzáōG21984× in this chapter
to live (literally or figuratively)
- θεόςtheósG23164× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- οὖνoûnG37674× in this chapter
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
- ἀποθνήσκωapothnḗskōG5994× in this chapter
to die off (literally or figuratively)
- γινώσκωginṓskōG10973× in this chapter
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
- ἐάνeánG14373× in this chapter
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
- εὑρίσκωheurískōG21473× in this chapter
to find (literally or figuratively)
- ἵναhínaG24433× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- καλόςkalósG25703× in this chapter
X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy
- μέλοςmélosG31963× in this chapter
a limb or part of the body
- οἰκέωoikéōG36113× in this chapter
to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit