KJV King James Version
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
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Romans 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
WEB World English Bible
What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
ASV American Standard Version
Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A wretched man I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
Surrounding context — Romans 7
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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ταλαίπωροςG5005 · talaipōroswretchedἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weἄνθρωπος·G444 · anthrōposa humanτίςG5101 · tiswhich?μεG3165 · memeῥύσεταιG4506 · rhuomaito rescueἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoσώματοςG4983 · sōmabodyτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθανάτουG2288 · thanatosdeathτούτου;¶G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/it
Cross-references
Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.2 Corinthians 12:7-9And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Romans 8:26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.Psalm 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;Hebrews 2:15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.Romans 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Psalm 91:14-15Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.Psalm 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.Psalm 38:8-10I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.1 Kings 8:38What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:Psalm 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.Psalm 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.Colossians 2:11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
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