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Romans 7:19–22

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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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:
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From verse 19

  1. Romans 7:15Rank 1 from verse 19
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    15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

From verse 20

  1. Romans 7:17Rank 1 from verse 20
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    17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

From verse 21

  1. Ephesians 6:11–13Rank 1 from verse 21
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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

    13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

  2. Romans 6:14Rank 2 from verse 21
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    14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

  3. Romans 7:23Rank 3 from verse 21
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    23But 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.

  4. Romans 8:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

  5. Hebrews 2:17Rank 5 from verse 21
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    17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  6. Psalms 119:133Rank 6 from verse 21
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    133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

  7. Romans 6:12Rank 7 from verse 21
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    12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

  8. 2 Peter 2:19Rank 8 from verse 21
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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  9. Hebrews 4:15Rank 9 from verse 21
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  10. John 8:34Rank 10 from verse 21
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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

  11. Psalms 119:37Rank 11 from verse 21
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    37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

  12. Zechariah 3:1–4Rank 12 from verse 21
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    1AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

    2And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

    3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

    4And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

  13. Luke 4:1Rank 13 from verse 21
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    1AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

  14. Psalms 19:12–13Rank 14 from verse 21
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    12Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

    13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

  15. Psalms 40:12Rank 15 from verse 21
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    12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  16. Psalms 65:3Rank 16 from verse 21
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    3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  17. 2 Chronicles 30:18–19Rank 17 from verse 21
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    18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one

    19That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

  18. Isaiah 6:5–7Rank 18 from verse 21
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    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

    6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

    7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

  19. Romans 7:25Rank 19 from verse 21
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    25I 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.

From verse 22

  1. Psalms 1:2Rank 1 from verse 22
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    2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  2. Psalms 40:8Rank 2 from verse 22
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    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  3. Psalms 119:35Rank 3 from verse 22
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    35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

  4. Psalms 119:47–48Rank 4 from verse 22
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

    48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  5. Hebrews 8:10Rank 5 from verse 22
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    10For 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:

  6. Job 23:12Rank 6 from verse 22
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    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  7. Psalms 119:97–104Rank 7 from verse 22
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 8 from verse 22
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    16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  9. Psalms 119:92Rank 9 from verse 22
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    92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  10. Psalms 119:16Rank 10 from verse 22
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    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  11. Psalms 19:8–10Rank 11 from verse 22
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    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  12. Psalms 119:167Rank 12 from verse 22
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    167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

  13. Psalms 119:174Rank 13 from verse 22
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

  14. 1 Peter 3:4Rank 14 from verse 22
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    4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  15. Ephesians 3:16Rank 15 from verse 22
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    16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

  16. Romans 8:7Rank 16 from verse 22
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  17. Psalms 119:111Rank 17 from verse 22
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  18. Psalms 119:24Rank 18 from verse 22
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    24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

  19. Psalms 119:72Rank 19 from verse 22
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    72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

  20. Isaiah 51:7Rank 20 from verse 22
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    7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

  21. Psalms 119:113Rank 21 from verse 22
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    113I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

  22. Psalms 119:127Rank 22 from verse 22
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

  23. Colossians 3:9Rank 23 from verse 22
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    9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  24. John 4:34Rank 24 from verse 22
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  25. Romans 2:29Rank 25 from verse 22
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    29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:19

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:20

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:21

COMBINED MEANING

find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

present

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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:22

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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inward

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1. Within or toward the inside. 2. Belonging to the inner person. 3. Intimate or close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

7:15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

7:17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

7:18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

7:19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

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7:20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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7:21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

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

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7:23But 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.

7:24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

7:25I 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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