Berean Standard Bible
Romans 7:23
23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.1
Romans 7:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But 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.
- New International Version (NIV)but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But 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.
Context of Romans 7:23
21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law. But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Read all of Romans 7Romans 7:23 word by word
βλέπω δὲ ἕτερον νόμον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου ἀντιστρατευόμενον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντά με ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τῷ ὄντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου.Read the interlinear
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- I seeβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
- anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
- lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- bodyμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
- warring againstἀντιστρατεύομαιantistrateuomai · to wage war againstG497
- mindνοῦςnous · mindG3563
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- holding me captiveαἰχμαλωτίζωaichmalōtizō · to captureG163
- of sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
- that dwellsεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
Cross-references for Romans 7:23
- Romans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Galatians 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- 1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Hebrews 12:4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Psalms 142:7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
- 2 Timothy 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
Commentaries on Romans 7:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23But I see another law in my members - Though the person in question is less or more under the continual influence of reason and conscience, which offer constant testimony against sin, yet as long as help is sought only from the law, and the grace of Christ in the Gospel is not received, the remonstrances of reason and conscience are rendered of no effect by the prevalence of sinful passions; which, from repeated gratifications, have acquired all the force…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23But I see another law - Note, Romans 7:21. In my members - In my body; in my flesh; in my corrupt and sinful propensities; Note, Romans 6:13; compare 1 Corinthians 6:15; Colossians 3:5. The body is composed of many members; and as the flesh is regarded as the source of sin Romans 7:18, the law of sin is said to be in the members, that is, in the body itself. Warring against - Fighting against; or resisting. The law of my mind - This stands opposed to the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-25Verses 23-25 This passage does not represent the apostle as one that walked after the flesh, but as one that had it greatly at heart, not to walk so. And if there are those who abuse this passage, as they also do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction, yet serious Christians find cause to bless God for having thus provided for their support and comfort. We are not, because of the abuse of such as are blinded by their own lusts, to find fault with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23another law ... the law: Paul uses the word play with law in these verses (7:22). Opposing God’s law is another law, a ruling power that stops Paul from following God’s law, even though he fully agrees with it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. But I see another--it should be "a different" law in my members--(See on Ro 7:5). warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members--In this important verse, observe, first, that the word "law" means an inward principle of action, good or evil, operating with the fixedness and regularity of a law. The apostle found two such laws within him; the one "the law of sin in his members," called (in Ga…Read the comment
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- 1. Romans 7:23 Literally captive to the law of sin being in my members. ↩
Commentaries on Romans 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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