Romans 7:14

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Romans 7:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

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Psalms 51:6

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Matthew 22:40

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Hebrews 4:12

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Exodus 21:3

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Exodus 21:4

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Exodus 21:5

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Exodus 21:6

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