5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.


In Context

2 For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.

4 Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.

6 But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh the passions of sins, which were by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit to death;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that are through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death.