Romans 7:22

At heart I delight in the Law of God;

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For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

In Context

21This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

23but throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of sin which exists throughout my body.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:2But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it day and night.

Psalms 40:8My delight, O God, is to do your will, and your law is within my heart.”

Psalms 119:24Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.

Psalms 119:47Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.

Psalms 119:92Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.

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 →

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