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Romans 7:18-25 KJV
Romans · chapter 7 · verses 18–25
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.Romans 7:18-25 · King James Version
Romans 7:18-25 in context
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
- John 3:6
- Psalms 51:5
- Galatians 5:17
- Romans 7:25
- Psalms 119:115-117
- Job 14:4
- Job 15:14-16
- Galatians 5:24
- Romans 7:15
- Psalms 1:2
- Psalms 40:8
- Psalms 119:35
Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethoikeōto dwell inG3611 →
- bringingaichmalōtizōto lead away captive, metaph. to capture ones mind, captivateG163 →
- wretchedtalaipōrosenduring toils and troubles, afflicted, wretchedG5005 →
- 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 →
- againstantistrateuomaito make a military expedition, or take the field, against anyone, to oppose, war againstG497 →
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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