"For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:" — Romans 7:22

Romans 7:22 · KJV

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”

— Romans 7:22

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

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.

Romans 7 — Context

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of death}

Cross References

Psalms 1:2

But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalms 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

Psalms 119:35

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Psalms 119:47-48

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

Hebrews 8:10

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}

Psalms 119:97-104

MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.