but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."

Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result)

but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."

Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result)

And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any one by whom he has been worsted in fight.

For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual--the slave, bought and sold, of sin.

and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will.

It is needful also that he bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the Devil.

You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--

But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free."

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,

Then He proceeded to say to them, "To-day is this Scripture fulfilled in your hearing."

Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil, and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery.