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Romans 7:23
23So my mind tells me to obey God's laws. But my body wants to make me do something else. Every part of me fights against what my mind tells me to do. Sin has power over my body so that I am like a prisoner.
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 I understand what is happening in me. Whenever I want to do something good, I can only choose something bad. 22Deep inside myself, I really love God's laws. So my mind tells me to obey God's laws. But my body wants to make me do something else. Every part of me fights against what my mind tells me to do. Sin has power over my body so that I am like a prisoner. 24This makes me very sad! My body is leading me to death. I need someone to make me free from the power of sin over my body. 25I thank God! He has made me free, because of what Jesus Christ has done. So with my mind I want to obey God's laws. But, at the same time, I serve sin as my master, because I am weak and human.
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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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- I seeβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
- anotherἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
- lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- membersμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
- warring againstἀντιστρατεύομαιantistrateuomai · to wage war againstG497
- ofνοῦςnous · mindG3563
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- bringingαἰχμαλωτίζωaichmalōtizō · to captureG163
- of sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
- which isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
Cross-references for Romans 7:23
- Romans 7:5In our old lives, we did the bad things that we wanted to do. God's laws brought bad thoughts into our minds. As a result, our bodies did many wrong things. In the end, those bad things lead to death.
- Romans 8:2If you belong to Christ Jesus, God's Spirit has given you a new life. God's Spirit now rules in your life and he has made you free. Sin and death no longer have authority over you.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20There is nobody on the earth who is so righteous that they always do what is right. There is nobody who never does a wrong thing.
- Galatians 5:17The things that you want to do as a weak person are opposite to the things that God's Spirit wants. The things that God's Spirit wants are the opposite of what we want as weak people. Our own thoughts fight against what God's Spirit wants us to do. As a result, you are not free to do the things that you really want to do.
- 1 Timothy 6:11But you, Timothy, are a servant of God. So keep away from all bad things like that. Instead, always try to do what is right. Serve God in a way that pleases him. Choose to trust God and to love other people. Continue to be strong when you have trouble. Be kind to people.
- Hebrews 12:4You have been fighting against sin in your lives. But you have not yet had to fight like that until someone killed you.
- James 3:2We all make many mistakes. So, if someone never says anything that is bad, that person is completely good. It shows that he has authority over his whole body.
- James 4:1You fight and quarrel among yourselves. Do you know why that happens? It is because of the troubles in your thoughts. You want to do bad things that you think will make you happy.
- 1 Peter 2:11My friends, remember that you are really strangers in this world. You do not belong here. So I am telling you not to do the bad things that your bodies may want to do. Those bad things fight against what is good for your soul.
- Romans 6:13Sin can use your body to do things that are wrong. So do not let any parts of your body serve sin as their master. Instead, be ready to serve God as your Master. You can do that because you now have a new life. Your old life is dead. So give every part of your body to God. Then he will use you to do right things.
- Romans 7:14We understand that God's Law is spiritual. But I am weak and human. I am like a slave that has sin as my master.
- Psalms 142:7Please take me out of this prison. Then I will praise your name. Your own good people will see how you have helped me. They will meet round me to praise you.
- 2 Timothy 2:25When people speak against God's true message, teach them carefully. Help them to understand what is right. Maybe God will change how they think so that they believe the true message.
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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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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