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Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:22

In 9 translations

BSB
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
KJV
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
WEB
For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
ASV
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
LSV
for I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man,
YLT
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
DBY
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:Elohim
DRC
For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
GNV
For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,
RP2018
Συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον·
TR-Boyd
Συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον·
SCR1894
συνηδομαι γαρ τω νομω του θεου κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
  • Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  • Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
  • Psalms 119:47–48I delight in Your commandments because I love them. I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
  • Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  • Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Psalms 119:97–104Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.…
  • 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  • Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
  • Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  • Psalms 19:8–10The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true,…
  • Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  • Psalms 119:167I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
  • Ephesians 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
  • 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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