Romans 7:21-25

New International Reader's Version

²¹Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. ²²Deep inside me I find joy in God’s law. ²³But I see another law working in me. It fights against the law of my mind. It makes me a prisoner of the law of sin. That law controls me. ²⁴What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body? ²⁵I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord.

So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to 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)