Romans 7:7-25 What shall we saye then? is the lawe synne? God forbyd: neuertheles I knew not synne, but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what lust had meant, excepte the lawe had sayd, thou shalt not lust.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ What shall we saye then? is the lawe synne? God forbyd: neuertheles I knew not synne, but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what lust had meant, excepte the lawe had sayd, thou shalt not lust. ⁸ But synne toke an occasyon by the meanes of the commaundement and wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For verely without the lawe, synne was deed. ⁹ I once lyued wythout lawe. But when the commaundement came, synne reuiued, and I was deed. ¹⁰ And the very same commaundement, whych was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasyon of deeth. ¹¹ For synne toke occasyon by the meanes of the commaundement, and so disceaued me, & by the same slewe me. ¹² Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, and iust and good. ¹³ Was that then which was good, made deeth vnto me? God forbyd. Naye it was synne: that sinne might appeare (by it which was good) to worke deeth in me: that synne by the commaundement myght be out of measure synfull. ¹⁴ For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall solde vnder synne, ¹⁵ because I alowe not that whych I do. For what I wold, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I. ¹⁶ If I do now that whych I wolde not, I consente vnto the lawe that it is good. ¹⁷ So then now, it is not I that do it, but synne that dwelleth in me. ¹⁸ For I knowe, that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) dwelleth no good thinge. For, to wyll is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that whych is good. ¹⁹ For the good that I wolde, do I not: but the euyll whych I wolde not, that do I. ²⁰ Yf I do that I wolde not, then is it not I that do it, but synne that dwelleth in me. ²¹ I fynde then by the lawe, that when I wolde do good, euyll is present wyth me. ²² For I delyte in the lawe of God, after the inward man. ²³ But I se another lawe in my membres, rebellynge agaynst the lawe of my mynde, and subduynge me vnto the lawe of synne, whych is in my members. ²⁴ O wretched man that I am: who shall delyuer me from thys body subdued vnto deeth? ²⁵ I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure Lorde. So then, wyth the mynde I serue the lawe of God, but wyth the flesshe the lawe of synne.