KJV King James Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
WEB World English Bible
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
ASV American Standard Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
Surrounding context — Romans 7
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 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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Psalm 1:2But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.Psalm 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.Psalm 119:35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.Psalm 119:47-48And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].Hebrews 8:10For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:Psalm 119:97-104MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.Psalm 119:92Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.Psalm 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.Psalm 19:8-10The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.Psalm 119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.Psalm 119:167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;1 Peter 3:4But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Psalm 119:72The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.Psalm 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
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