Romans 7:25
The 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.
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24Unhappy man that I am, who will free me from this body of death?
Cross References
Isaiah 12:1And you will say in that day: “I will confess to you, O Lord, because you have been angry with me; but your fury has been turned away, and you have consoled me.
Isaiah 49:13Give praise, O heavens! And exult, O earth! Let the mountains give praise with jubilation! For the Lord has consoled his people, and he will take pity on his poor ones.
Romans 6:14For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 7:15For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.
2 Corinthians 9:15Thanks be to God for his ineffable gift.
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 →