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NASB | Romans 7:14 ¶ For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:14 ¶ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant--carnal and unspiritual], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control]. |
Bible Question: What does it mean to be a slave to sin? |
Bible Answer: To be a slave to something would imply that you are under the yoke of or subject to something, that something having mastery over you. Romans 8:5 states that those who are according to the flesh set their minds on things of the flesh. In this way, they are in bondage to sin, being slaves to sin and their minds are hostile towards God (v. 7-8). They can only be freed from this bondage by having Christ dwell in them (Romans 8:10). |