The way the “clobber verses” — and much of the Bible in general — are commonly dealt with often seem backwards to me. It misses the entire point.
Paul describes the brokenness of humanity, points to a laundry list of sins and failings, and then eventually presents the answer in Jesus. Jesus preached the same thing with a slightly different laundry list but the same answer.
We, the Church, then create laws and rules based on those lists of sins — the evidence of the problem, not the problem itself — as though “solving” those sins would solve the core problem. It’s a little like an alcoholic white knuckling sobriety (the dry drunk); the evidence of the problem isn’t there right now, but the problem is still there.
Of course, the point of Paul’s message is to lead us to the question: who can save me from this body of death?
This doesn’t give enough credit to the amazing body of centuries of scholarship.