ROM 7:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: light-green:nominative/subject.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT So then, the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

UST So the laws God gave the Jews are worthy of God and what God has commanded is worthy of God, just, and good.

BLB So indeed, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

AICNT So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

OEB And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

WEBBE Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

LSV so that the Law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

FBV However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.

TCNT So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

T4T So we conclude that the laws that God gave to Moses are holy. What God commanded about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded, is also holy, and it is just and good.

LEB So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

BBE But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

Moff So the Law at any rate is holy, the command is holy, just, and for our good.

Wymth So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.

ASV So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

DRA Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

YLT so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

Drby So that the law indeed [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

RV So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

SLT Therefore truly the law holy, and the command holy, and just, and good.

Wbstr Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

KJB-1769 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

KJB-1611 Wherefore the Law is holy, and the Commandement holy, and iust, and good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.
(Wherefore the Law is holy, and that commandment is holy, and just, and good. )

Cvdl The lawe in dede is holy, and the commaundement holy, iust and good.
(The law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, just and good.)

TNT Wherfore the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good.
(Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy just and good. )

Wycl Therfor the lawe is hooli, and the comaundement is hooli, and iust, and good.
(Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, and just, and good.)

Luth Das Gesetz ist je heilig, und das Gebot ist heilig, recht und gut.
(The law is each/ever holy, and the commandment/command is holy, right and good.)

ClVg Itaque lex quidem sancta, et mandatum sanctum, et justum, et bonum.[fn]
(Itaque the_law indeed holy, and command(n) holy, and just, and good. )

7.12 Itaque lex quidem. Ipsa est sancta, sane docens. Et mandatum, id est quod per eam præcipitur. Sanctum, in se. Et justum, id est justificans peccatorem. Et bonum. Id est utile, acquirens vitam. Et cum constet mihi quod lex bona, et tamen ex ea mihi mors, ut supra dictum est, ergo quod bonum est, factum est mors, id est datur mihi a Deo, ita ut sit efficiens causa mortis? Non: sed fomes est efficiens, qui bonam rem vertit in malum.

7.12 Itaque the_law indeed. Itself it_is holy, sane teaching. And command(n), that it_is that through her is_ordered. Sanctum, in/into/on himself. And just, that it_is justificans a_sinner. And good. That it_is useful, acquirens life. And when/with constet to_me that the_law good(s), and nevertheless from them to_me death, as above said it_is, therefore that good it_is, done it_is death, that it_is given to_me from to_God, so/thus as be efficiens cause of_death? Non: but fomes it_is efficiens, who/which good thing turns in/into/on evil.

UGNT ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία, καὶ δικαία, καὶ ἀγαθή.
(hōste ho men nomos hagios, kai haʸ entolaʸ hagia, kai dikaia, kai agathaʸ.)

SBL-GNT ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή.
(hōste ho men nomos hagios, kai haʸ entolaʸ hagia kai dikaia kai agathaʸ.)

RP-GNT Ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή.
(Hōste ho men nomos hagios, kai haʸ entolaʸ hagia kai dikaia kai agathaʸ.)

TC-GNT Ὥστε ὁ μὲν νόμος ἅγιος, καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή.
(Hōste ho men nomos hagios, kai haʸ entolaʸ hagia kai dikaia kai agathaʸ. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:7–12: It is sin that is bad, not the laws

In the last section Paul said that believers died to the law of Moses (7:4), that it is obsolete (7:6), and that it arouses sinful passions (7:5). In this section Paul answered a possible wrong conclusion that someone might make from what he just said. Someone might think that Paul meant that the law is sinful. But Paul clearly indicated that he did not think that. The laws of Moses point out what is sin, and sin causes people to want to do the things that the law says are sin. Sinning leads to death. The laws of Moses are holy and good. But the commandments make it clear what sin is and at the same time arouse sinful passions. Those passions lead to death.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

What about the Laws of Moses and sin?

God’s Law Reveals Our Sin (NLT)

Sin deceives us but the law is holy

General Comment on 7:7–25

Paul used the word “I” in this section and 7:13–25 too. There are at least seven different waysSee Cranfield (pages 342–344). that scholars think what Paul meant by “I” here. Here are the five main ones:

Paul was referring to himself as a Christian,See Schreiner (pages 359–364). implying all believers think the same way and have the same struggles.
Paul, as a believer, spoke of his experience before he believed. He spoke generally enough so that other people can see that they had similar struggles.See Jewett (pages 441–444). Paul then spoke about where we stand as believers regarding these struggles in chapter 8.
It refers generally to anyone who is not a believer but wants to be a good person by following the law. Paul used “I” to make the struggles in these verses more personal. Chapter 8 then explains the victory that believers have in contrast to the person of 7:7–25.
Paul was referring to Adam and from that all people.
Paul was referring to the history of Israel.

It is recommended that you use “I” in these verses.The English versions also use “I” and do not explain it in their translations.

7:12a

So then, the law is holy,

So then, the laws of God are holy,
In conclusion, the law is from God and perfect,

So then: This introduces Paul’s conclusion and final answer to “is the law sin?” (7:7).

law: Here this word refers to God’s laws in the Old Testament.

holy: Here this word indicates that the laws come to us from God,KBT lists this verse under sense A.2. and they have the same character as God.KBT sense A.4 is also appropriate here. There is nothing wrong in God’s laws.

7:12b

and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

and the law/command is holy, right, and good.
and every law/command is from God and perfect, and right/correct, and good.

the commandment: This phrase probably refers to the individual commands within the laws of GodCranfield (page 353). or of the command to not covet (7:7) representing all the laws.Moo (on TW). Translate this phrase as you have in 7:8–11.

holy: Translate this word as you did in 7:12a.

righteous: This word indicates that the commandment expresses the right command.

good: Like God is good (Mark 10:18), so also his commandment is good.

Parallel ROM 7:12

Section 7:7–12: It is sin that is bad, not the laws

General Comment on 7:7–25

7:12a

7:12b