21 So I discover this law:[a](A) When I want to do what is good,[b] evil is present with me. 22 For in my inner self[c] I delight in God’s law,(B) 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body,[d](C) waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?(D) 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!(E) So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.

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  1. 7:21 Or principle
  2. 7:21 Or I find with respect to the law that when I want to do good
  3. 7:22 Lit inner man
  4. 7:23 Lit my members

21 So I find this to be a principle:[a] when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me. 22 For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being, 23 but I see in my body[b] a different principle[c] waging war with the Law in my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin that exists in my body.[d] 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is infected by[e] death? 25 Thank God through Jesus the Messiah,[f] our Lord, because with my mind I myself can serve the Law of God, even while with my human nature[g] I serve the law of sin.

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  1. Romans 7:21 Lit. law
  2. Romans 7:23 Lit. in my members
  3. Romans 7:23 Lit. law
  4. Romans 7:23 Lit. in my members
  5. Romans 7:24 Lit. body of death
  6. Romans 7:25 Or Christ
  7. Romans 7:25 Lit. my flesh