7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters 3 (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person 4 as long as he lives?
1:1 From Paul, 5 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 tn Or “covetousness.”
2 tn Or “and through it killed me.”
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
4 sn Here person refers to a human being.
5 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.