So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.

我们原晓得律法是属乎灵的，但我是属乎肉体的，是已经卖给罪了。

我们原知道律法是属灵的，我却是属肉体的，是已经卖给罪了。

我们原知道律法是属灵的，我却是属肉体的，是已经卖给罪了。

我们知道律法是属灵的，我却属乎肉体，已经卖给罪做奴隶了。

我们知道律法是属灵的，我却是属肉体的，已经卖给罪了。

我们知道律法是属灵的；而我是属肉体的，已经卖给罪了。

我們原曉得律法是屬乎靈的，但我是屬乎肉體的，是已經賣給罪了。

我們原知道律法是屬靈的，我卻是屬肉體的，是已經賣給罪了。

我們原知道律法是屬靈的，我卻是屬肉體的，是已經賣給罪了。

我們知道律法是屬靈的，我卻屬乎肉體，已經賣給罪做奴隸了。

我們知道律法是屬靈的，我卻是屬肉體的，已經賣給罪了。

我們曉得、律法是屬靈的；我卻是屬肉的，是賣在罪之下做奴僕的。

我們知道律法是屬靈的；而我是屬肉體的，已經賣給罪了。

夫我儕知律屬神、我屬形軀、自鬻於罪、

我儕知法本乎聖神、我乃狥欲、自鬻於惡、

我儕知律法純神、我乃屬肉體、見鬻於罪、為其所轄、

吾人固知法乃屬靈之器、然我乃血氣之倫、自鬻於罪、而作其奴。

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

We know that the law is holy. But I am not. I have been sold to be a slave of sin.

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

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

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

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

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

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am made out of flesh, sold into sin’s power.

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

For we know that the law is spiritual– but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

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

( No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.

They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.

“ So, my enemy, you have found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.“ Yes,” Elijah answered,“ I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

For this is what the Lord says:“ When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without having to pay for you.”

This is what the Lord says:“ Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.

Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.

This is what the Lord says:“ The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sell honorable people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.

I lie in the dust; revive me by your word.

For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ.I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?

Jesus turned to Peter and said,“ Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.

Then I said,“ It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”

When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said,“ Oh, Lord, please leave me— I’m such a sinful man.”

Jesus replied,“‘ You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment.A second is equally important:‘ Love your neighbor as yourself.’The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved?We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.

But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.

And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.“ A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

Instead of hurting him, let’s sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother— our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.

And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.

“ Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense.

“ If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him.“ If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.But the slave may declare,‘ I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free.’If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.

He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold— along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned— to pay the debt.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer:‘ I thank you, God, that I am not like other people— cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’“ But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying,‘ O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say,“ Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor.

I love God’s law with all my heart.But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.