Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
In Context
21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:39the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would 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 →