Romans 7:21-25

King James Version

²¹I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

²²For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

²³But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

²⁴O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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Romans 7:21-25

New International Version

²¹So I find this law at work:^(A) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²²For in my inner being^(B) I delight in God’s law;^(C) ²³but 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. ²⁴What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?^(F) ²⁵Thanks 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)

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Footnotes

Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh

Romans 7:21-25

New King James Version

²¹I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. ²²For I ^(A)delight in the law of God according to ^(B)the inward man. ²³But ^(C)I see another law in ^(D)my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me ^(E)from this body of death? ²⁵^(F)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!