Romans 7:14

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ESV	For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
NIV	We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
NLT	So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
KJV	For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

^{Romans 7:13 ← Romans 7:14 → Romans 7:15}

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