Romans 7:23

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But I recognize that there’s another law at work inside of me. It’s fighting the law of my mind and making me a prisoner to the law of sin that’s at work within me.

Cross References

Galatians 5:17

Those desires don’t want what the Spirit wants, and the Spirit doesn’t want what they want. The two are at war with each other, and that’s why you’re not supposed to do whatever you want.

James 4:1

Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your wrong desires that fight within you?

Romans 8:2

The law of the Spirit who gives life through Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 6:19

I’m using an example from everyday human life to help you understand. You used to offer yourselves as slaves to dirty habits, and you did more and more things that were wrong. Now offer yourselves as slaves to the right way of living. Then you will become holy.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God, who saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind, I’m a slave to God’s law. But if I follow my sinful desires, then I’m a slave to the law of sin.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, in this world you’re outsiders who are living away from their land. So don’t give in to your wrong desires, which fight against your soul.

Hebrews 12:4

In your own struggle against sin, you haven’t yet resisted to the point where your blood has been shed.

Romans 7:21

Here’s the law that I find to be at work in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Romans 7:5

The power of sin used to control us. The law told us we couldn’t do certain things, but that only made us want to do them more. So our lives produced only death.

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer any part of yourself to serve sin and do what’s wrong. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life. Offer every part of yourself to God to do what’s right.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual. But I am unspiritual. I have been sold as a slave to sin.

James 3:2

We all fail in many ways. If someone never says the wrong thing, then they’re a perfect person who’s able to keep their whole body under control.