I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’

The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.

For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God.

For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.”

circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

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For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”
And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

Without

You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’
Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

And i died

Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God.

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And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.”
concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

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