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Romans 7:22

Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But I see another law in my members,.... That is, he saw, he perceived it by experience; he felt the force and power of inbred corruption working in him, and as a law demanding obedience to it; and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For I delight - The word used here Συνήδομαι Sunēdomai, occurs no where else in the New Testament. It properly means to rejoice with anyone; and expresses not only approbation of the understanding,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I delight in the law of God after the inward man - Every Jew, and every unregenerate man, who receives the Old Testament as a revelation from God, must acknowledge the great purity, excellence and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Romans 7:14-25

Here is a description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. And it is applicable two ways: - 1. To the struggles that are in a convinced…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I delight in Lit. I delight with. The Law, as the will of God, is quasi-personified, and the regenerate soul "rejoices with it" in its delight in holiness and truth. The Law's loves and hatreds are…