Romans 7:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Romans 7:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I see another law - Note, Romans 7:21 . In my members - In my body; in my flesh; in my corrupt and sinful propensities; Note, Romans 6:13 ; compare 1 Corinthians 6:15 ; Colossians 3:5...
Romans 7:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my (c) mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. (c) The law of the mind in this place is not to...
Romans 7:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Autobiography of the Man under Law. What it means to be in bondage to the old letter (6), the apostle will show from his own experience. That the following description belongs to Paul's legal past...
Romans 7:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

see . App-133. warring against . Greek. antistrateuomai. Only here. bringing... into captivity . (seeking to) lead captive. Greek. aichmalotizo. Only here. Luke 21:24 . 2Co 10:5. 2 Timothy...
Romans 7:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1854 SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS OF BELIEVERS Romans 7:18-23 . I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which...
Romans 7:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. But I see another law in my members - Though the pers...
Romans 7:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Another law in my members— St. Paul having in the foregoing verse spoken of the law of God, he here speaks of natural inclination as of a law;—as of a law in the members, and a law of sin in t...
Romans 7:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. But I see another law, х heteron ( G2087...
Romans 7:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Inadequacy of the Law to save 1-6. St. Paul had spoken of the Law in a way which would offend an earnest Jew: cp. Romans 3:20-21 ; Romans 4:15 ; Romans 5:20 . In this chapter ( Romans 7:7-2...
Romans 7:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-25) Further and detailed proof why it was that though the Law appealed to all that was best in man, still he could not obey it.
Romans 7:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE Romans 6:14-23 - Romans 7:1-6 AT the point we have now reached, the Apostle's thought pauses for a moment, to resume. He...
Romans 7:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Conflict Within Romans 7:14-25 The Apostle gives a further statement of his personal experience of the inability of the soul to realize the divine ideal which has been revealed to it as the...
Romans 7:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing his argument, the apostle showed under the marital figure that a change of covenant changes the center of responsibility. Then we have one of the great personal and experimental passages...
Romans 7:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (15) For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (16) If then I do that which...
Romans 7:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

RESTORATION OF FALLEN HUMANITY ‘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. O wretched man that I...
Romans 7:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Romans 7:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. A law in my members ] Called the deeds o...
Romans 7:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I see another law Another commanding, constraining power of evil inclinations and fleshly appetites, whose influence is so strong and constant, that it may be fitly called another law; in my m...
Romans 7:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Change of "Husbands" But a Struggle for Freedom In Romans 7:1-25 we are faced with the case of a renewed conscience recognizing the claims of righteousness - or more correctly, holiness - hating...
Romans 7:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Conflict between Grace and Corruption. A. D. 58. 14b -- But I am carnal, sold under sin. 1...
Romans 7:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Another law in my members; i.e. a law quite different from the law of God, mentioned in the foregoing verse. By the law in the members understand natural corruption, which, like a law, comma...
Romans 7:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man, but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind...
Romans 7:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 7:14 .—Rabbins: “The law, because of its spirituality, will dwell only in the soul that is free from dross.” Romans 7:15 .—I am blinded, I am hurried along and tripped up,...
Romans 7:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 5:21 ).
Romans 7:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:14-25 Dualism in the Life. I. This is the earliest place in this Epistle where the two terms "flesh and spirit" occur in clear contrast, with the peculiar ethical sense conferred upon th...
Romans 7:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 7:1-3 . Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the la...
Romans 7:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:1 . I speak to them that know the law, with a view more fully to illustrate the liberation from the condemnation of the law, that the law has dominion over a man, and over a woman, as lon...
Romans 7:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

To whom does the passage refer? To the unregenerate.-- It has been much discussed whether this section describes a justified man, or a man still unforgiven. The latter view was held by Origen a...
Romans 7:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 7:1-45 Here comes in the third illustration of the moral obligation of the baptized. It rests on the recognized principle that death cancels the claims of human law on a...
Romans 7:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The difficulty of the struggle and the plea for deliverance:
Romans 7:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; 2 Timothy 2:26 ; Ecclesiastes 7:20 ; Galatians 5:17 ; Hebrews 12:4 ; James 3:2 ; James 4:1 ; Psalms 142:7 ; Romans 6:13 ;...
Romans 7:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Inward Conflict Romans 7:7-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first part of the seventh of Romans presents the illustration of a woman with two husbands. It tells us that the woman which hath a hus...
Romans 7:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But I see another law in my members — Another inward constraining power of evil inclinations and bodily appetites. Warring against the law of my mind — The dictate of my mind, which delights in the...

Romans 7:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 7:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 7:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 7:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 7:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 7:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 7:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 7:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 7:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 7:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Romans 7:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 7:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 7:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 7:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 7:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 7:23 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 7:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 7:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 7:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 7:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 7:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 7:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 7:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes