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Romans 7:22

22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

Romans 7:22 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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.
New Living Translation (NLT)I love God’s law with all my heart.

Context of Romans 7:22

20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23but 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. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

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Romans 7:22 word by word

συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
Forγάρgar · forG1063
I delightσυνήδομαιsunēdomai · to delightG4913
in the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
afterκατάkata · according toG2596
theἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
inwardἔσωesō · in/inner/inwardlyG2080

Cross-references for Romans 7:22

Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it 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 daily bread.
Psalms 1:2but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
Psalms 19:8The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 40:8I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 119:16I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Isaiah 51:7“Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.
John 4:34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
Hebrews 8:10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Romans 2:29No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Ephesians 3:16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
1 Peter 3:4Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth 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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