罗马书 7:18-25 Romans 7:18-25
18 我也知道在我里头，就是我肉体之中，没有良善。因为，立志为善由得我，只是行出来由不得我。 19 故此，我所願意的善，我反不做；我所不願意的恶，我倒去做。 20 若我去做所不願意做的，就不是我做的，乃是住在我里头的罪做的。 21 我觉得有個律，就是我願意为善的時候，便有恶与我同在。22 因为按著我里面的意思（原文是人），我是喜欢神的律；23 但我觉得肢体中另有個律和我心中的律交战，把我掳去，叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。 24 我真是苦啊！ 谁能救我脱離这取死的身体呢？ 25 感谢 神，靠著我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服 神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
18 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. 19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 20 But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 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. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
在我的里头，好像是有一条纪律活着；有一股犯罪的力量在里头运作，使我在有意做对、做善事时，反倒去做不良、不善的事。这是怎么一回事呢？使徒保罗说那股力量是从我罪恶的根源而来的。这样我怎能摆脱罪的力量呢？答案在于神！他不会将我们从罪中拯救出来之后，还让罪恶得胜于我们，是吗？圣经告诉我们，“感谢神，靠著我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。” 在他里头，我们已经脱离了罪恶应得的惩罚与势力。现在，我们能够自由的活着，我们能选择顺服神或仍然活在罪的捆绑里头。
There seems to be a principle living in me, the power of sin operating within to make me do what is wrong and what isn’t good, even when I desire to do what is right and good. Why is this so? Paul attributes that to the power that activates the sinful nature in me. So what could I do to break this sinful power? The answer is in God! He will not save us from our sin and then allow us to be overcome by the power of sin, will he? For the Bible says, “Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.” In Christ, we are set free from the penalty and power of sin. Now, we can live in freedom, we can choose to obey God or still submit to sin.
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