1Cov kwvtij, nej yeej paub hais tias kuv hais txog cov neeg uas twb paub tej kevcai lawm; tej kevcai ntawd tsuas kav tus neeg uas tseem ua neej nyob xwb. 2Raws li txoj kevcai, tus pojniam uas yuav txiv lawm, nws yuav tsum nrog nws tus txiv nyob mus txog thaum nws tus txiv tuag, tiamsis yog tus txiv tuag lawm, tus pojniam mus yuav lwm tus los yeej tsis txhaum kevcai. 3Yog hais tias nws tus txiv tseem nyob, nws cia li mus yuav dua txiv lawm, sawvdaws yuav hais tias nws deev hluas nraug; tiamsis yog nws tus txiv tuag lawm, nws mus yuav txiv tshiab los yeej tsis txhaum kevcai, thiab tsis muaj leejtwg yuav hais tias nws deev hluas nraug. 4Cov kwvtij, ib yam nkaus li ntawd, Mauxes txoj Kevcai yeej tsis kav nej cov uas nrog Yexus Khetos tuag ua ke lawm. Nimno Yexus Khetos tus uas Vajtswv tsa sawv hauv qhov tuag rov qab los twb yuav nej los ua nws tug lawm, nws ua li ntawd kom nej ua nej lub neej rau Vajtswv tau koob meej. 5Thaum uas peb tseem ua peb lub neej raws li neeg ibtxwm ua, vim txoj kevcai, txojkev txhaum thiaj tshoov peb lub siab kom peb nyiam mus ua txhaum thiab raug kev ploj kev tuag. 6Tiamsis nimno peb twb dim txoj kevcai uas khi peb, rau qhov peb zoo li cov neeg uas tuag lawm. Niaj hnub no peb thiaj tsis ua peb lub neej raws li txoj qub kevcai uas sau tseg rau hauv ntawv, tiamsis peb ua peb lub neej raws li txoj kevcai tshiab uas Vaj Ntsujplig qhia.
Txoj Kevcai thiab Txojkev Txhaum
7Peb yuav hais li cas? Txoj kevcai yog kev txhaum los? Yeej tsis yog li ntawd! Tiamsis twb yog muaj txoj kevcai, kuv thiaj paub hais tias kev txhaum yog dabtsi. Yog txoj kevcai tsis hais tias, “Tsis txhob ntshaw luag tug,” ces kuv yeej tsis paub hais tias qhov uas ntshaw luag tug txhaum. 8Tiamsis txojkev txhaum muab txoj kevcai ua hau kev tshoov kuv siab kom kuv ntshaw txhua yam. Yog tsis muaj txoj kevcai, ces txojkev txhaum yeej tuag lawm. 9Yav tas los kuv ua kuv lub neej tsis muaj txoj kevcai kav kuv, tiamsis thaum muaj txoj kevcai lawm, ua rau kev txhaum tshwm tuaj, 10thiab kuv thiaj tuag. Vajtswv rhawv txoj kevcai yog ua kom neeg tau txojsia, tiamsis kuv pom hais tias txoj kevcai ua rau kuv raug kev ploj kev tuag. 11Rau qhov txojkev txhaum muab txoj kevcai ua hau kev los dag ntxias kuv thiab tua kuv povtseg. 12Yog li ntawd txoj kevcai yeej dawbhuv, thiab tej nqe kevcai los yeej dawbhuv, ncaj ncees thiab zoo kawg nkaus li. 13Puas yog txoj Kevcai uas yog txoj zoo ua rau kuv raug kev ploj kev tuag? Yeej tsis yog li ntawd! Twb yog txojkev txhaum muab txoj kevcai tua kuv, kuv thiaj raug kev ploj kev tuag. Yog li ntawd, kuv thiaj paub hais tias txojkev txhaum zoo li cas, thiab tej kevcai ntawd ua rau kuv pom hais tias txojkev txhaum pem kawg nkaus li.
Neeg Lub Siab Muaj Kev Sib Tawmtsam
14Peb paub hais tias Mauxes txoj Kevcai yog Vajtswv txoj; tiamsis kuv yog neeg, txojkev txhaum thiaj niaj hnub yuam kuv ua txhaum. 15Kuv tsis to taub tej uas kuv ua; vim li cas kuv ua tej uas kuv tsis nyiam ua, tiamsis tej uas kuv nyiam kuv ho tsis ua. 16Thaum kuv ua tej uas kuv tsis nyiam ua, kuv thiaj paub hais tias txoj kevcai ntawd yeej zoo tiag. 17Yog li ntawd, kuv tsis yog tus uas ua txhaum; tiamsis yog txojkev txhaum uas nyob hauv kuv lub siab ua xwb. 18Kuv paub hais tias kuv yog neeg xwb, kuv thiaj ua tsis tau ib qho zoo li. Kuv xav ua zoo, tiamsis kuv ua tsis tau. 19Kuv xav ua qhov zoo, tiamsis kuv ho tsis ua; kuv tsis xav ua qhov phem, tiamsis kuv ho ua. 20Yog kuv ua tej uas kuv tsis xav ua, tej ntawd yeej tsis yog kuv ua, tiamsis yog txojkev txhaum uas nyob hauv kuv lub siab ua. 21Yog li ntawd, kuv pom txoj kevcai zoo li no: thaum kuv xav ua qhov zoo, kuv ho xaiv ua qhov phem. 22Kuv muaj ib lub siab xav ua raws li Vajtswv txoj kevcai, 23tiamsis kuv pom hais tias kuv muaj dua ib lub siab tawmtsam txoj kevcai uas nyob hauv kuv lub siab. Lub siab ntawd thiaj yuam kuv mus ua txojkev txhaum qhev. 24Ua cas kuv yuav nyuaj siab ua luaj li? Leejtwg thiaj yuav cawm tua kuv dim ntawm lub siab uas coj kuv mus raug kev ploj kev tuag? 25Kuv ua Vajtswv tsaug uas peb tus Tswv Yexus Khetos twb pab kuv dim lawm. Yog li ntawd, kuv lub siab ua raws li Vajtswv kom kuv ua, tiamsis kuv lub cev ua raws li txojkev txhaum kom kuv ua.
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Freed from the Law
1Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2For ⚓the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3So then ⚓if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4Therefore, my brethren, you also have become ⚓dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should ⚓bear fruit to God. 5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law ⚓were at work in our members ⚓to bear fruit to death. 6But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve ⚓in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, ⚓I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ⚓“You shall not covet.” 8But ⚓sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all mannerofevil desire. For ⚓apart from the law sin was dead. 9I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10And the commandment, ⚓which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.12Therefore ⚓the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Law Cannot Save from Sin
13Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, ⚓sold under sin. 15For what I am doing, I do not understand. ⚓For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that itis good. 17But now, itis no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18For I know that ⚓in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19For the good that I will todo, I do not do; but the evil I will not todo, that I practice. 20Now if I do what I will not todo, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22For I ⚓delight in the law of God according to ⚓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 will deliver me ⚓from this body of death? 25⚓I 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.