diff --git a/rom/07/25.md b/rom/07/25.md index 0e31f26ef9..ddb2003c18 100644 --- a/rom/07/25.md +++ b/rom/07/25.md @@ -1,16 +1,3 @@ -# But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord - -This is the answer to the question in [7:24](./24.md). - # So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind. However, with the flesh I serve the law of sin -The law of God and the law of sin are spoken of as if they were masters whom Paul serves as a slave. With the mind or intellect Paul chooses to please and obey God, and with the flesh or physical nature he chooses to disobey God and to sin. Alternate translation: "My mind chooses to please God by obeying the law of Moses, but my flesh chooses to disobey God and sin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) - -# the law of God - -These words refer to the law of Moses, which was God's commands in written form. - -# the law of sin - -These words refer to the natural human desire to rebel against God and disobey him. Paul calls this a law because he has observed that this is the way people live. It is not a collection of written commands. - +"My mind chooses to please God by obeying the law of Moses, but my flesh chooses to disobey God and sin"