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NASB | Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity--I serve] the law of sin. |
Bible Question:
Hi Tim, Doesn't Paul use soma in the previous verse? (Rom 7:24 KJVA) O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body (soma) of this death? Isn't he here asking for deliverance from carnality? Best, Thomas |
Bible Answer: Paul, being human like us, acknowledges the internal conflict in believers. In Romans he is building his case for true life in Christ. I believe, that, while Paul was "poetically" crying out, he already knew the answer to his question as evidenced in the very next versea. Romans 7:25 "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin." Romans 8:1-2 "Therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jeus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:11-13 "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to you mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brethren, we are under obligation,not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- for if yo are living according to the flesh, you must die, but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live." |