Romans 7:21-25
New Living Translation
21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power[a] within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
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Romans 7:21-25
International Standard Version
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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- Romans 7:21 Lit. law
- Romans 7:23 Lit. in my members
- Romans 7:23 Lit. law
- Romans 7:23 Lit. in my members
- Romans 7:24 Lit. body of death
- Romans 7:25 Or Christ
- Romans 7:25 Lit. my flesh
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