Romans 7:23

21 So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

22 For 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.

24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

25 Thanks 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
ASV
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
DARBY
but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
BLB
but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin being in my members.
ÅB
men jeg ser en annen lov i lemmene mine, som kjemper imot loven i mitt sinn, og tar meg til fange under syndens lov, den som er i lemmene mine.
OTB
men jeg ser en annen lov i arbeid i meg, som fører krig mot loven i mitt sinn og gjør meg til en fange av syndens lov som er i arbeid i min kropp.
B1930
men jeg ser en annen lov i mine lemmer, som strider mot loven i mitt sinn og tar mig til fange under syndens lov, den som er i mine lemmer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 5:17

    For 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.

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  • James 4:1

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Romans 6:19

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

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  • Romans 7:25

    Thanks 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.

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  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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  • Hebrews 12:4

    In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:25–26

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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