Romans 7:23

23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

Romans 7:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
ESV
23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
NLT
23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
MSG
23 but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
CSB
23 But I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.

Romans 7:23 In-Context

21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?
25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Galatians 5:17; James 4:1; 1 Peter 2:11
  • 2. S Romans 6:16
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