Romans 7:6

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⁴ Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

⁵ For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

⁷ What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

⁸ But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
KJV: 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.
WEB: But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
BLB: But now we have been released from the law, having died to that by which we were held, so as for us to serve in the newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

ÅB: Men nå er vi løst fra loven, for vi er døde fra det som vi var fanget under, så vi tjener Gud i et nytt liv i Ånden, og ikke på den gamle måten, etter bokstaven.
OTB: Men nå, etter å ha dødd fra det som en gang bandt oss, er vi løst fra loven, slik at vi tjener på den nye måten ved Ånden, og ikke på den gamle måten ved den skrevne koden.
B1930: men nu er vi løst fra loven, idet vi er død fra det som vi var fanget under, så vi tjener i Åndens nye vesen, og ikke i bokstavens gamle vesen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 3:23–25
Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
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Romans 6:4
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
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Galatians 2:19–20
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
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Galatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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Romans 6:14–15
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
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Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
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