1 η αγνοειτε, αδελφοι· γινωσκουσιν γαρ νομον λαλω· οτι ο νομος κυριευει του ανθρωπου εφ οσον χρονον ζη; 2 η γαρ υπανδρος γυνη τω ζωντι ανδρι δεδεται νομω· εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ, κατηργηται απο του νομου του ανδρος. 3 αρα ουν ζωντος του ανδρος μοιχαλις χρηματισει εαν γενηται ανδρι ετερω· εαν δε αποθανη ο ανηρ, ελευθερα εστιν απο του νομου, του μη ειναι αυτην μοιχαλιδα γενομενην ανδρι ετερω. 4 ωστε, αδελφοι μου, και υμεις εθανατωθητε τω νομω δια του σωματος του χριστου εις το γενεσθαι υμας ετερω, τω εκ νεκρων εγερθεντι, ινα καρποφορησωμεν τω θεω. 5 οτε γαρ ημεν εν τη σαρκι, τα παθηματα των αμαρτιων τα δια του νομου ενηργειτο εν τοις μελεσιν ημων εις το καρποφορησαι τω θανατω· 6 νυνι δε κατηργηθημεν απο του νομου, αποθανοντες εν ω κατειχομεθα, ωστε δουλευειν ημας εν καινοτητι πνευματος και ου παλαιοτητι γραμματος. 7 τι ουν ερουμεν; ο νομος αμαρτια; μη γενοιτο· αλλα την αμαρτιαν ουκ εγνων ει μη δια νομου· την τε γαρ επιθυμιαν ουκ ηδειν ει μη ο νομος ελεγεν, ουκ επιθυμησεις· 8 αφορμην δε λαβουσα η αμαρτια δια της εντολης κατειργασατο εν εμοι πασαν επιθυμιαν· χωρις γαρ νομου αμαρτια νεκρα. 9 εγω δε εζων χωρις νομου ποτε· ελθουσης δε της εντολης η αμαρτια ανεζησεν, εγω δε απεθανον, 10 και ευρεθη μοι η εντολη η εις ζωην, αυτη εις θανατον· 11 η γαρ αμαρτια αφορμην λαβουσα δια της εντολης εξηπατησεν με και δια αυτης απεκτεινεν. 12 ωστε ο μεν νομος αγιος, και η εντολη αγια και δικαια και αγαθη. 13 το ουν αγαθον εμοι γεγονεν θανατος; μη γενοιτο· αλλα η αμαρτια, ινα φανη αμαρτια, δια του αγαθου μοι κατεργαζομενη θανατον, ινα γενηται καθ υπερβολην αμαρτωλος η αμαρτια δια της εντολης. 14 οιδαμεν γαρ οτι ο νομος πνευματικος εστιν· εγω δε σαρκικος ειμι, πεπραμενος υπο την αμαρτιαν. 15 ο γαρ κατεργαζομαι ου γινωσκω· ου γαρ ο θελω τουτο πρασσω, αλλ ο μισω τουτο ποιω. 16 ει δε ο ου θελω τουτο ποιω, συμφημι τω νομω οτι καλος. 17 νυνι δε ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο, αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια. 18 οιδα γαρ οτι ουκ οικει εν εμοι, τουτ εστιν εν τη σαρκι μου, αγαθον· το γαρ θελειν παρακειται μοι, το δε κατεργαζεσθαι το καλον ουχ ευρισκω· 19 ου γαρ ο θελω ποιω αγαθον, αλλ ο ου θελω κακον τουτο πρασσω. 20 ει δε ο ου θελω εγω τουτο ποιω, ουκετι εγω κατεργαζομαι αυτο, αλλ η οικουσα εν εμοι αμαρτια. 21 ευρισκω αρα τον νομον τω θελοντι εμοι ποιειν το καλον, οτι εμοι το κακον παρακειται· 22 συνηδομαι γαρ τω νομω του θεου κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον, 23 βλεπω δε ετερον νομον εν τοις μελεσιν μου αντιστρατευομενον τω νομω του νοος μου και αιχμαλωτιζοντα με [εν] τω νομω της αμαρτιας τω οντι εν τοις μελεσιν μου. 24 ταλαιπωρος εγω ανθρωπος! τις με ρυσεται εκ του σωματος του θανατου τουτου; 25 ευχαριστω τω θεω δια ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων. αρα ουν αυτος εγω τω μεν νοι δουλευω νομω θεου, τη δε σαρκι νομω αμαρτιας.
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- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
Cross references (25)
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- 1 Romans 6:14; Romans 7:6; Romans 6:3; Proverbs 6:23; Romans 10:1
- 2 Genesis 2:23–24; 1 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Numbers 30:7–8
- 3 Exodus 20:14; Matthew 5:32; Mark 10:6–12; 1 Timothy 5:11–14; John 8:3–5
- 4 1 Peter 2:24; Galatians 5:22–23; Isaiah 54:5; Ephesians 5:23–27; Romans 8:2
- 5 Ephesians 2:3; Galatians 5:16–17; Galatians 5:24; Galatians 3:10; Romans 6:13
- 6 Galatians 3:23–25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 7:4; Romans 6:4; Galatians 2:19–20
- 7 Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Exodus 20:17; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Deuteronomy 5:21
- 8 Romans 7:11; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Romans 4:15; James 1:14–15; Romans 7:13
- 9 Galatians 3:10; Romans 8:7; Romans 7:4; James 2:10–11; Galatians 2:19
- 10 Leviticus 18:5; 2 Corinthians 3:7; Galatians 3:12; Romans 10:5; Ezekiel 20:21
- 11 Genesis 3:13; Romans 7:8; Jeremiah 17:9; Hebrews 3:13; James 1:26
- 12 1 Timothy 1:8; Psalm 119:137; Psalm 19:7–12; Romans 7:14; Psalm 119:172
- 13 James 1:13–15; Galatians 3:21; Romans 8:3; Romans 7:8–11; Romans 5:20
- 14 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 17:17; Isaiah 52:3; 1 Kings 21:20; Romans 7:18
- 15 Galatians 5:17; Romans 7:19–20; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2; Nahum 1:7
- 16 Romans 7:12; 1 Timothy 1:8; Romans 7:14; Romans 7:22; Psalm 119:127–128
- 17 Romans 7:20; Romans 7:18; Philippians 3:8–9; James 4:5–6; Romans 4:7–8
- 18 John 3:6; Psalm 51:5; Galatians 5:17; Psalm 119:115–117; Romans 7:25
- 19 Romans 7:15
- 20 Romans 7:17
- 21 Ephesians 6:11–13; Romans 8:2; Romans 6:14; Romans 7:23; Romans 6:12
- 22 Psalm 1:2; Psalm 40:8; Psalm 119:35; Psalm 119:47–48; Hebrews 8:10
- 23 Galatians 5:17; James 4:1; Romans 8:2; Romans 6:19; Romans 7:25
- 24 Romans 6:6; 2 Timothy 4:18; Titus 2:14; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 12:7–9
- 25 Galatians 5:17–24; Colossians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 2:5; Romans 6:17
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
After having said that great evils had taken place, and that sin, taking occasion by the commandment, had grown stronger, and the opposite of what the Law mainly aimed at had been the result, and after having thrown the hearer into a great deal of perplexity, he goes on next to give the rationale of these events, after first clearing …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul sets forth human infirmity, he says: "For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing," showing that the "good thing" of our salvation is not from us, but from God.
For though a man "delight in the law of God after the inward man," what shall he do with that other law in his members which warreth against the law of his mind, and bringeth him into captivity to the law of sin, which is in his members?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
The Devil had used the flesh as an instrument against us; and Paul knowing this, saith, But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity, and the rest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And again: "Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Then he introduces the Deliverer, [saying,] "The grace of Jesus Christ our Lord." And Isaiah declares this also, [when he says:] "Be ye strengthened, ye hands that hang down, and ye feeble knees; be ye encouraged, ye feeble-minded; be comforted, fear not: behold, …