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Romans 7:22–24

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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?
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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.

From verse 23

  1. Galatians 5:17Rank 1 from verse 23
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    17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

  2. James 4:1Rank 2 from verse 23
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    1FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

  3. Romans 8:2Rank 3 from verse 23
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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.

  4. Romans 6:19Rank 4 from verse 23
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    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

  5. 1 Peter 2:11Rank 5 from verse 23
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    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  6. Romans 7:25Rank 6 from verse 23
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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.

  7. Hebrews 12:4Rank 7 from verse 23
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    4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

  8. 1 Timothy 6:11–12Rank 8 from verse 23
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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

    12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

  9. 2 Timothy 2:25–26Rank 9 from verse 23
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

    26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  10. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 10 from verse 23
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  11. Psalms 142:7Rank 11 from verse 23
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    7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

  12. Romans 6:13Rank 12 from verse 23
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    13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

  13. Romans 7:21Rank 13 from verse 23
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    21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

  14. Romans 7:5Rank 14 from verse 23
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  15. Romans 7:14Rank 15 from verse 23
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    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  16. James 3:2Rank 16 from verse 23
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    2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

From verse 24

  1. Romans 6:6Rank 1 from verse 24
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    6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

  2. 2 Timothy 4:18Rank 2 from verse 24
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    18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  3. Titus 2:14Rank 3 from verse 24
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  4. Romans 8:2Rank 4 from verse 24
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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. 2 Corinthians 12:7–9Rank 5 from verse 24
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    7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

    8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

  6. Romans 8:26Rank 6 from verse 24
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    26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

  7. Psalms 102:20Rank 7 from verse 24
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    20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

  8. Hebrews 2:15Rank 8 from verse 24
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    15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

  9. Revelation 21:4Rank 9 from verse 24
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    4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  10. Romans 8:13Rank 10 from verse 24
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    13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  11. Luke 4:18Rank 11 from verse 24
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    18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  12. Psalms 38:8–10Rank 12 from verse 24
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    8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

    9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

    10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

  13. Psalms 72:12Rank 13 from verse 24
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    12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

  14. Psalms 91:14–15Rank 14 from verse 24
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    14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

    15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  15. 1 Kings 8:38Rank 15 from verse 24
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    38What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  16. Colossians 2:11Rank 16 from verse 24
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    11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

  17. Matthew 5:6Rank 17 from verse 24
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    6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

  18. Micah 7:19Rank 18 from verse 24
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    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  19. Psalms 119:20Rank 19 from verse 24
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    20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

  20. Psalms 119:81–83Rank 20 from verse 24
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    81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

    82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

    83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

  21. Psalms 6:6Rank 21 from verse 24
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    6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  22. Psalms 71:11Rank 22 from verse 24
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    11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

  23. Deuteronomy 22:26–27Rank 23 from verse 24
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    26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

    27For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

  24. Ezekiel 9:4Rank 24 from verse 24
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    4And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

  25. Matthew 5:4Rank 25 from verse 24
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    4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

  26. Psalms 119:131Rank 26 from verse 24
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    131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

  27. Psalms 119:143Rank 27 from verse 24
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    143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

  28. Psalms 119:176Rank 28 from verse 24
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    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  29. Psalms 130:1–3Rank 29 from verse 24
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    1OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

    2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

    3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  30. Psalms 32:3–4Rank 30 from verse 24
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  31. Psalms 38:2Rank 31 from verse 24
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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

  32. Psalms 77:3–9Rank 32 from verse 24
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    3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

    4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

    5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

    6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

    7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

    8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

    9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

  33. Psalms 88:5Rank 33 from verse 24
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    5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

  34. Zechariah 9:11–12Rank 34 from verse 24
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    11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

    12¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

  35. 2 Corinthians 1:8–10Rank 35 from verse 24
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

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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.

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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.

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man

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

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 7:23

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

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

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

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

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

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

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

members

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Sense 1: The limbs, organs, faculties, or other constituent parts of a body. Sense 2: Figuratively, persons joined as distinct parts of one body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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

COMBINED MEANING

mind

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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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

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 7:24

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man

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

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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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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