Romans 7:1–13

Monday 3 weeks

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 95

Brethren, we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold to sin. For I do not understand what I am doing: because I do not do what I want, but what I hate, I do. But if I do what I do not want, then I agree with the law that it is good, and therefore it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells in me. For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the desire for good is in me, but I do not find it to do it. I do not do the good that I want, but I do the evil that I do not want. But if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells in me. Therefore I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is attached to me. For according to the inner man I find pleasure in the law of God; but in my members I see another law, which is contrary to the law of my mind, and which makes me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Poor man I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank my God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore I serve the law of God with my mind, and the law of sin in my flesh. Therefore there is no condemnation now to those who in Christ Jesus live not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 7:14–8:2

Tuesday 3 weeks

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 96a

Brethren, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. As the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless, God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sacrifice for sin, and condemned sin in the flesh, so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit. The carnal mind is death, and the spiritual mind is life and peace, because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for they do not obey the law of God, nor can they. Therefore those who live according to the flesh cannot please God. But you do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead to sin, but the spirit is alive to righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies by His Spirit who dwells in you. Therefore, brethren, we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to the flesh; for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if you mortify the deeds of the flesh by the Spirit, you will live.

Romans 8:2–13

Wednesday 3 weeks

The Epistle to the Romans, conceived 96b

Brethren, since the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless, God sent His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sacrifice for sin, and condemned sin in the flesh, so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who live not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit. The carnal mind is death, and the spiritual mind is life and peace, because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for they do not obey the law of God, nor can they. Therefore those who live according to the flesh cannot please God. But you do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Romans 8:3–9a

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