Romans 7:23
But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body.
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In Context
22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.
24Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:20Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.
Romans 6:19I am speaking in human terms because of the infirmity of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of your body to serve impurity and iniquity, for the sake of iniquity, so also have you now yielded the parts of your body to serve justice, for the sake of sanctification.
Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
Romans 7:25The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord! Therefore, I serve the law of God with my own mind; but with the flesh, the law of sin.
Galatians 5:17For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.
2 Timothy 2:25correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth,
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 →