King James Version
Romans 7:25 in the King James Version says “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the l...” — study this verse from Romans chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
Romans 7:25 · King James Version
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.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? the body: or, this body of death
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
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“I thank”
G2168to be grateful, i.e., (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“myself”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“serve”
G3303properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
“with the mind”
G3563the intellect, i.e., mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning
“the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“with the flesh”
G4561flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e., (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or
“the law”
G3551law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat
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