Romans 7:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that <FI>is<Fi> in my members.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 7:23 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 142:7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Romans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- Romans 6:19I 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.
- Romans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 7:21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
- Romans 7:25Thanks 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.
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Galatians 5:17For 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.
- 1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- 2 Timothy 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- Hebrews 12:4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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