Romans 7:23

Easy To Read Version

But I see another law working in my body. That law makes war against the law that my mind accepts. That other law working in my body is the law of sin, and that law makes me its prisoner.

Cross References

Psalm 142:7

Help me escape this trap {\cf2\super [643]} \par so I can praise your name.\par And good people will celebrate with me\par because you took care of me.\par

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer the parts of your body to serve sin. Don’t use your bodies as things to do evil with. But you should offer yourselves to God. Be like people that have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used for doing good.

Romans 6:19

I explain this by using an example that people know. I explain it this way because it is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law {\cf2\super [57]} is spiritual. But I am not spiritual. Sin rules me like I am its slave.

Romans 7:21

So I have learned this rule: When I want to do good, evil is there with me.

Romans 7:25

God \{will save me\}! I thank him \{for his salvation\} through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Romans 7:5

In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death.

Romans 8:2

Why? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit {\cf2\super [58]} that brings life made you {\cf2\super [59]} free. It made you {\cf2\super [60]} free from the law that brings sin and death.

Galatians 5:17

Our sinful selves want things that are against the Spirit. The Spirit wants things that are against our sinful selves. These two different things are against each other. So you don’t do the things you really want to do.

Hebrews 12:4

You are struggling against sin, but your struggles have not yet caused you to be killed.

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. If there were a person who never said anything wrong, then that person would be perfect. A person like that would be able to control their whole body, too.

James 4:1

Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? Your fights and arguments come from the selfish desires that make war inside you.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.