Romans 7:23
But I behold a diverse law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which existeth in my members:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.
24Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:20For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Romans 6:19In human fashion am I speaking, because of the weakness of your flesh;—for, just as ye presented your members as servants unto impurity and unto lawlessness [for lawlessness], so now, present ye your members as servants unto righteousness for sanctification.
Romans 7:14For we know that, the law, is spiritual,—I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin;
Romans 7:25[But] thanks be unto God!—Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hence, then,—I myself, with the mind, indeed, am in servitude unto a law of God; but; with the flesh; unto a law of sin.
Galatians 5:17For, the flesh, coveted against the Spirit, but, the Spirit, against the flesh,—for, these, unto one another, are opposed, lest, whatsoever things ye chance to desire, these, ye should be doing!
2 Timothy 2:25In meekness, bringing under discipline them that oppose themselves, lest at any time God should give them repentance unto a personal knowledge of truth,
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 →