1 Ili ne znate, braćo (jer govorim onima koji znaju zakon), da zakon vlada nad čovekom dokle je živ? 2 Jer je udata žena privezana zakonom za muža dokle god on živi; a ako li muž njen umre, razreši se od zakona muževljeg. 3 Zato, dakle, dok joj je muž živ biva preljubočinica ako pođe za drugog muža; a ako joj umre muž prosta je od zakona da ne bude preljubočinica ako pođe za drugog. 4 Zato, braćo moja, i vi umreste zakonu telom Hristovim, da budete drugog, Onog što usta iz mrtvih, da plod donesemo Bogu. 5 Jer kad bejasmo u telu, behu slasti grehovne, koje zakon rađahu u udima našim da se smrti plod donosi. 6 A sad, umrevši izbavismo se od zakona koji nas držaše, da služimo Bogu u obnovljenju Duha a ne u starini slova. 7 Šta ćemo dakle reći? Je li zakon greh? Bože sačuvaj! Nego ja greha ne poznah osim kroz zakon; jer ne znadoh za želju da zakon ne kaza: Ne zaželi. 8 A greh uze početak kroz zapovest, i načini u meni svaku želju; jer je greh bez zakona mrtav. 9 A ja življah nekad bez zakona; a kad dođe zapovest, onda greh ožive, 10 a ja umreh, i nađe se da mi zapovest bi za smrt koja beše data za život. 11 Jer greh uzevši početak kroz zapovest prevari me, i ubi me njome. 12 Tako je, dakle, zakon svet i zapovest sveta i pravedna i dobra. 13 Dobro li dakle bi meni smrt? Bože sačuvaj! Nego greh, da se pokaže greh dobrom čineći mi smrt, da bude greh odviše grešan zapovešću. 14 Jer znamo da je zakon duhovan; a ja sam telesan, prodan pod greh: 15 Jer ne znam šta činim, jer ne činim ono šta hoću, nego na šta mrzim ono činim. 16 Ako li ono činim šta neću, hvalim zakon da je dobar. 17 A ovo više ja ne činim nego greh koji živi u meni. 18 Jer znam da dobro ne živi u meni, to jest u telu mom. Jer hteti imam u sebi, ali učiniti dobro ne nalazim. 19 Jer dobro što hoću ne činim, nego zlo što neću ono činim. 20 A kad činim ono što neću, već ja to ne činim nego greh koji živi u meni. 21 Nalazim, dakle zakon, kad hoću dobro da činim, da me na zlo nagoni. 22 Jer imam radost u zakonu Božijem po unutrašnjem čoveku; 23 ali vidim drugi zakon u udima svojim, koji se suproti zakonu uma mog, i zarobljava me zakonom grehovnim koji je u udima mojim. 24 Ja nesrećni čovek! Ko će me izbaviti od tela smrti ove? 25 Zahvaljujem Bogu svom kroz Isusa Hrista Gospoda našeg. Tako, dakle, ja sam umom svojim služim zakonu Božijem a telom zakonu grehovnom.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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, …