Romans 7:22
For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
World English Bible
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, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
Cross References
Leviticus 13:39then the priest shall examine them. Behold, if the bright spots on the skin of their body are a dull white, it is a harmless rash. It has broken out in the skin. He is clean.
Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
Psalms 119:92Unless your law had been my delight, 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 →