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.


In Context

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

5 For 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.

6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; 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. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Romans 7:5 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5For 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.

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.