Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
24How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Romans 6:19I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.
Romans 7:14For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
Romans 7:25I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.
Galatians 5:17For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
2 Timothy 2:25Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
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 →