5 For when we were in the flesh,(a)(A) the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us(b)(B) and bore fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way(c) of the Spirit(C) and not in the old letter of the law.

Footnotes:

a. Romans 7:5: a person’s life before accepting Christ
b. Romans 7:5: Lit of our members
c. Romans 7:6: Lit in newness

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