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Romans 7:21-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Romans 7:21-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
So The Evil Inside Me Enslaves Me To The Law of Sin And Death In Me
21 I find then the law[a] in me, the one wanting to do the good, that the evil is present in me. 22 For I am rejoicing-with[b] the Law of God according-to[c] the inner person. 23 But I am seeing a different law in my body-parts waging-war-against[d] the law of my mind, and taking me captive[e] under the law of sin existing in my body-parts. 24 I am a wretched[f] person! Who will deliver me from this[g] body of [h] death? 25 But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself am serving the Law of God with the mind, but the law of sin with the flesh.
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- Romans 7:21 Or, the principle, the law of sin. v 23.
- Romans 7:22 Or, taking pleasure with, delighting in.
- Romans 7:22 Or with respect to.
- Romans 7:23 The law of sin’s control over Paul’s body fights and defeats his inner desires to obey.
- Romans 7:23 Or, making me prisoner.
- Romans 7:24 Or, miserable.
- Romans 7:24 Or, the body of this death.
- Romans 7:24 That is, characterized by.
Romans 7:21-25
New International Version
Romans 7:21-25
New International Version
21 So I find this law at work:(A) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(B) I delight in God’s law;(C) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(D) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(E) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(F) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(G)
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(H) but in my sinful nature[a] a slave to the law of sin.(I)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
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