Romans 7:5

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, ¹  the sinful desires, ²  aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body ³  to bear fruit for death.

Romans 7:18

7:18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. ⁴ 

Romans 7:25

7:25 Thanks be ⁵  to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, ⁶  I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but ⁷  with my flesh I serve ⁸  the law of sin.

[7:5]  ¹ tn That is, before we were in Christ.

[7:5]  ² tn Or “sinful passions.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Grk “our members”; the words “of our body” have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[7:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tc ‡ Most mss (א* A 1739 1881 Ï sy) read “I give thanks to God” rather than “Now thanks be to God” (א¹ [B] Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506 pc), the reading of NA²⁷. The reading with the verb (εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ, eucaristw tw qew) possibly arose from a transcriptional error in which several letters were doubled (TCGNT 455). The conjunction δέ (de, “now”) is included in some mss as well (א¹ Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506 pc), but it should probably not be considered original. The ms support for the omission of δέ is both excellent and widespread (א* A B D 1739 1881 Ï lat sy), and its addition can be explained as an insertion to smooth out the transition between v. 24 and 25.

[7:25]  ⁶ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

[7:25]  ⁷ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[7:25]  ⁸ tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.