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Romans 7:23
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21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
22 For I adelight in the law of God according to bthe inward man.  
23 But aI see another law in bmy members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me afrom this body of death?  
25 aI thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. 
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Romans 7:23

A different law (eteron nomon). For the distinction between eterov and allov, see Galatians 1:6 f.

Warring against (antistrateuomenon). Rare verb (Xenophon) to carry on a campaign against. Only here in N.T.

The law of my mind (tw nomw tou noov). The reflective intelligence Paul means by noov, "the inward man" of verse Romans 7:22. It is this higher self that agrees that the law of God is good (Romans 7:12, Romans 7:16, Romans 7:22).

Bringing me into captivity (aixmalwtizonta). See on this late and vivid verb for capture and slavery Luke 21:24; II Corinthians 10:5. Surely it is a tragic picture drawn by Paul with this outcome, "sold under sin" (Romans 7:14), "captivity to the law of sin" (Romans 7:23). The ancient writers (Plato, Ovid, Seneca, Epictetus) describe the same dual struggle in man between his conscience and his deeds.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 7:23:

Romans 7:23
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