Romans 7:25
The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore I myself by the soul serve to the law of God; but by the flesh to the law of sin.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
24I am an unhappy [or a woeful] man; who shall deliver me from the body of this sin?
Cross References
Psalms 107:15The mercies of the Lord, acknowledge to him; and his marvels, acknowledge to the sons of men. (Give thanks to the Lord for his constant love; and for the marvellous deeds which he hath done, for the sons and daughters of men.)
Isaiah 12:1And thou shalt say in that day, Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee, for thou were wroth to me; thy strong vengeance is turned, and thou hast comforted me. (And thou shalt say on that day, Lord, I shall praise thee, for though thou were angry with me, now thy strong vengeance is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.)
Isaiah 49:13Heavens, praise ye, and thou earth, make full out joy; hills, sing ye heartily praising, (or hills, heartily sing ye praises); for the Lord [hath] comforted his people, and shall have mercy on his poor men.
Romans 6:14For sin shall not have lordship over you; for ye be not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 7:15For I understand not that that I work; for I do not the good thing that I will, (or for I do not do the good thing that I desire to do), but I do that evil thing that I hate.
2 Corinthians 9:15I do thankings to God of the gift of him, that may not be told (out). [I give thankings to God upon the unnarrable, (or unnarrative-able, or untellable), or that may not be told (out), gift of him.] (I give thanks to God, for his gift, thanks that can never be sufficiently told out or described.)
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 →