Romans 7:21-25
New English Translation
21 So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. 23 But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be[a] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then,[b] I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but[c] with my flesh I serve[d] the law of sin.
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- Romans 7:25 tc ‡ Most mss (א* A 1739 1881 M sy) read “I give thanks to God” rather than “Now thanks be to God” (א1 [B] Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506), the reading of NA28. The reading with the verb (εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ, eucharistō tō theō) possibly arose from a transcriptional error in which several letters were doubled (TCGNT 455). The conjunction δέ (de, “now”) is included in some mss as well (א1 Ψ 33 81 104 365 1506), but it should probably not be considered original. The ms support for the omission of δέ is both excellent and widespread (א* A B D 1739 1881 M lat sy), and its addition can be explained as an insertion to smooth out the transition between v. 24 and 25.
- Romans 7:25 tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
- Romans 7:25 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
- Romans 7:25 tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.
Romans 7:21-25
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
21 So ara I find heuriskō it to be a ho law nomos that ho when I egō want thelō to do poieō · ho good kalos, evil kakos is present parakeimai in me egō. · ho 22 For gar I joyfully agree synēdomai with the ho law nomos of ho God theos in kata the ho inner esō man anthrōpos, 23 but de I see blepō a different heteros law nomos in en · ho my egō members melos; it wages antistrateuomai war against the ho law nomos of ho my egō mind nous and kai makes me egō captive aichmalōtizō to en the ho law nomos of ho sin hamartia · ho dwelling eimi in en · ho my egō members melos. 24 Wretched talaipōros man anthrōpos that I egō am! Who tis will deliver rhyomai me egō from ek · ho this houtos body sōma of ho death thanatos? 25 Thanks charis · de be to ho God theos through dia Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios! So ara then oun, I egō myself autos serve douleuō the law nomos of God theos with ho my mind nous, but de with my ho flesh sarx I serve the law nomos of sin hamartia.
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