Romans 7:14

Internal Conflict With Sin

¹³ Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful. ¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual -- but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. ¹⁵ For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want -- instead, I do what I hate.

Holy Spirit

Law is Good

Law is Spiritual

Law of Moses

Of the Flesh

Moses

Sin

1 Kings 21:20

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 21:25

(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

2 Kings 17:17

They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: "Where is your mother's divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

Isaiah 52:3

For this is what the Lord says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money."

Genesis 37:27

Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

Genesis 37:36

Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 40:15

for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."

Exodus 21:2-6

"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.

Exodus 22:3

If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

Leviticus 19:18

You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:5

You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

Psalm 51:6

Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.

Psalm 119:25

(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

Isaiah 64:5-6

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

Amos 2:6

This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

Matthew 18:25

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

Luke 7:6

So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Romans 7:22-24

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

Ephesians 3:8

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.