Rom 7:6 | NET2full | STEP | But now we have been released from the law , because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code .

‏ Romans 7:6

6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died ^{▼▼tn Grk “having died.” The participle ἀποθανόντες (apothanontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.} to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. ^{▼▼tn Grk “in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.”}