神的律法是良善的，但罪利用良善的去实行它的恶计 God’s law is good, but sin uses what is good for its own evil purposes

罗马书 7:7-13 Romans 7:7-13

7 这样，我们可说甚么呢？ 律法是罪么？ 断乎不是！ 只是非因律法，我就不知何为罪。 非律法说不可起贪心，我就不知何为贪心。 8 然而罪趁著机会，就藉著诫命叫诸般的贪心在我里头发动；因为没有律法，罪是死的。 9 我以前没有律法是活著的；但是诫命来到，罪又活了，我就死了。 10 那本来叫人活的诫命，反倒叫我死；11 因为罪趁著机会， 就藉著诫命引誘我，并且杀了我。

12 这样看来，律法是圣洁的，诫命也是圣洁、公义、良善的。 13 既然如此，那良善的是叫我死吗？ 断乎不是！ 叫我死的乃是罪。 但罪藉著那良善的叫我死，就显出真是罪，叫罪因著诫命更显出是恶极了。

 ⁷ Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.” ⁸ But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power. ⁹ At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life, ¹⁰ and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead. ¹¹ Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.

¹² But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good. ¹³ But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.

罪的权势只能发挥在律法的范围之内。若无律法，罪就失去他的功效，不能定人的罪。神律法里的诫命本是要叫我们的生命，它反倒叫我们死。然而我们不能断定律法为错，因为律法是圣洁的，诫命也是圣洁、公义、良善的。罪是极恶的。它藉著神良善的诫命叫我死，实行它的恶计。

The power of sin operates within the constraints of the law. If there were no law, sin would lose its power to convict the sinner. The law of God that was supposed to bring life instead brought death. Yet we cannot find fault with the law for in itself, the law is holy, and its commands are holy, right and good. Sin is terribly deceiving. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.