Romans 7:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Romans 7:23

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.

Hebrews 2:17

For this reason, Jesus had to be made like us, his brothers and sisters, in every way. He became like people so that he could be their merciful and faithful high priest in service to God. Then he could bring forgiveness for the people’s sins.

Romans 8:2

That is because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free. It made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

Romans 6:14

Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.

Romans 6:12

But don’t let sin control your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.

Psalm 119:133

Guide me, as you promised. Don’t let evil rule over me.

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise those people freedom, but they themselves are not free. They are slaves to a mind that has been ruined by sin. Yes, people are slaves to anything that controls them.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus, our high priest, is able to understand our weaknesses. When Jesus lived on earth, he was tempted in every way. He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, but he never sinned.

John 8:34

Jesus said, “The truth is, everyone who sins is a slave—a slave to sin.

Psalm 119:37

Don’t let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.

Luke 4:1

Now filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan River. And then the Spirit led him into the desert.

Psalm 65:3

When our sins become too heavy for us, you wipe them away.

Psalm 40:12

Troubles have surrounded me. They are too many to count! My sins have caught me, and I cannot escape them. They are more than the hairs on my head. I have lost my courage.

Romans 7:25

I thank God for his salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful self I am a slave to the law of sin.