Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
In Context
21I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:39then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate 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 counsellors. DALETH.
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 mine 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 →