Romans 7:22

For I rejoice in the law of God with the inner man.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21I find, then, the principle in me that I want to do what is good, but that evil is actually present in me.

23But I see a different principle in my body parts. It fights against that new principle in my mind. It takes me captive by the principle of sin that is in my body parts.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:39then the priest must examine the person to see if the spots are a dull white, which is only a rash that has broken out in the skin. He is clean.

Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, 1 and on his law he meditates day and night. 1

Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, my God; 1 your laws are in my heart.” 1

Psalms 119:24Your covenant decrees are my delight, 1 and they are my counselors. DALETH 1

Psalms 119:47I delight in your commandments, 1 which I love dearly. 1

Psalms 119:92If your law had not been my delight, 1 I would have perished in my affliction. 1

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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