New English Translation
Romans 7:22
22For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
Romans 7:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- New International Version (NIV)For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.
Context of Romans 7:22
20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me. 21So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. 23But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
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συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Romans 7:22
- Romans 8:7because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
- Psalms 1:2Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
- Psalms 19:8The Lord’s precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord’s commands are pure and give insight for life.
- Psalms 40:8I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
- Psalms 119:16I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel)
- Psalms 119:97O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.
- Isaiah 51:7Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
- Hebrews 8:10“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
- Romans 2:29but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
- Ephesians 3:16I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices
- 1 Peter 3:4but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
Commentaries on Romans 7:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22I delight in the law of God after the inward man - Every Jew, and every unregenerate man, who receives the Old Testament as a revelation from God, must acknowledge the great purity, excellence and utility of its maxims, etc., though he will ever find that without the grace of our Lord Jesus he can never act according to those heavenly maxims; and without the mercy of God, can never be redeemed from the curse entailed upon him for his past transgressions…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For I delight - The word used here ́ Sunēdomaioccurs no where else in the New Testament. It properly means to rejoice with anyone; and expresses not only approbation of the understanding, as the expression, “I consent unto the law,” in Romans 7:16, but more than that it denotes sensible pleasure in the heart. It indicates not only intellectual assent, but emotion, an emotion of pleasure in the contemplation of the Law. And this shows that the apostle is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 The more pure and holy the heart is, it will have the more quick feeling as to the sin that remains in it. The believer sees more of the beauty of holiness and the excellence of the law. His earnest desires to obey, increase as he grows in grace. But the whole good on which his will is fully bent, he does not do; sin ever springing up in him, through remaining corruption, he often does evil, though against the fixed determination of his will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22in my inner being: Greek writers used this phrase to refer to the inner life of a person. It points to the spiritual part of a human being that does not pass away (compare 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man--"from the bottom of my heart." The word here rendered "delight" is indeed stronger than "consent" in Ro 7:16; but both express a state of mind and heart to which the unregenerate man is a stranger.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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