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Romans 7:14-23 KJV
Romans · chapter 7 · verses 14–23
14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.Romans 7:14-23 · King James Version
Romans 7:14-23 in context
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Commentary
Cross references
- Galatians 5:17
- Romans 7:19-20
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
- Nahum 1:7
- James 3:2
- Philippians 3:12-14
- Romans 12:9
- 1 John 1:7-8
- Romans 7:20
- John 3:6
- Psalms 51:5
- Romans 7:25
Key words (Strong's)
- spiritualpneumatikosrelating to the human spirit, or rational soul, as part of the man which is akin to God…G4152 →
- dwellethoikeōto dwell inG3611 →
- bringingaichmalōtizōto lead away captive, metaph. to capture ones mind, captivateG163 →
- consentsymphēmito consent, confessG4852 →
- presentparakeimaito lie beside, to be near, to be present, at handG3873 →
- performkatergazomaito perform, accomplish, achieve, to work outG2716 →
- delightsynēdomaito rejoice together with , in the NT once to rejoice or delight with one's self or…G4913 →
- membersmelosa member, limb a member of the human body, of bodies given up to criminal intercourse…G3196 →
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Here is a description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. And it is applicable two ways: - 1. To the struggles that are in a convinced soul, but yet unregenerate, in the person of whom it is supposed, by some, that Paul speaks. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-25