Romans 7:6

7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ¹  to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ² 

[7:6]  ¹ tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apoqanonte") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[7:6]  ² tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”