Romans 7:21

God's Word

So I’ve discovered this truth: Evil is present with me even when I want to do what God’s standards say is good.

Cross References

Psalm 119:133

Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control me.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Give me a new life in your ways.

Psalm 40:12

Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart.

Psalm 65:3

Various sins overwhelm me. You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.

Luke 4:1

Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the Jordan River. The Spirit led him while he was in the desert,

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “I can guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin.

Romans 6:12

Therefore, never let sin rule your physical body so that you obey its desires.

Romans 6:14

Certainly, sin shouldn’t have power over you because you’re not controlled by God’s laws, but by God’s favor.

Romans 7:23

However, I see a different standard ⌞at work⌟ throughout my body. It is at war with the standards my mind sets and tries to take me captive to sin’s standards which still exist throughout my body.

Romans 7:25

I thank God that our Lord Jesus Christ rescues me! So I am obedient to God’s standards with my mind, but I am obedient to sin’s standards with my corrupt nature.

Romans 8:2

The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters so that he could be merciful. He became like them so that he could serve as a faithful chief priest in God’s presence and make peace with God for their sins.

Hebrews 4:15

We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise these people freedom, but they themselves are slaves to corruption. A person is a slave to whatever he gives in to.