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 

Romans 7:25

7:25 Thanks be ³  to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, ⁴  I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but ⁵  with my flesh I serve ⁶  the law of sin.

[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.”

[7:25]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[7:25]  ⁶ tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.