Romans 7:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right.

Cross References

Psalm 119:133

Keep your promise and don't let me stumble or let sin control my life.

Psalm 119:37

Take away my foolish desires, and let me find life by walking with you.

Psalm 40:12

I have more troubles than I can count. My sins are all around me, and I can't find my way. My sins outnumber the hairs on my head, and I feel weak.

Psalm 65:3

Our terrible sins get us down, but you forgive us.

Luke 4:1

When Jesus returned from the River Jordan, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.

John 8:34

Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin!

Romans 6:12

Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires

Romans 6:14

Don't let sin keep ruling your lives. You are ruled by God's kindness and not by the Law.

Romans 7:23

But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do.

Romans 7:25

Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me. So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.

Romans 8:2

The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death.

Hebrews 2:17

He had to be one of us, so that he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.