Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
In Context
21Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:39then the priest shall look. And, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh is of a dull white, it is a tetter. It has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counselors.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction.
Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →