Romans 7:14

King James Version (KJV)

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Translations

Romans 7:14 - Amplified Bible

We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a creature of the flesh [carnal, unspiritual], having been sold into slavery under [the control of] sin.

Romans 7:14 - American Standard Version

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Romans 7:14 - Bible in Basic English

For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

Romans 7:14 - Darby Bible

For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.

Romans 7:14 - English Standard Version

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.

Romans 7:14 - King James Version

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Romans 7:14 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque sabemos que la ley es espiritual, pero yo soy carnal, vendido a la esclavitud del pecado.

Romans 7:14 - The Message

I can anticipate the response that is coming: "I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?" Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve spent a long time in sin’s prison. What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.

Romans 7:14 - New American Standard Bible

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.

Romans 7:14 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Porque sabemos que la Ley es espiritual, pero yo soy carnal, vendido a la esclavitud del pecado.

Romans 7:14 - World English Bible

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

Romans 7:14 - Young's Living Translation

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

Romans 7:14 - Additional Comments

Up through verse 13, Paul had been speaking past tense, but now he speaks present tense, as he describes what is going on in his life now. That is because generally Paul speaks of his experience as a non-Christian in verses 7-13, but he is now speaking of his experience as a Christian in verses 14-25.

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