Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
For in accordance with my better inner nature I approve God's law,
New American Standard Bible
For I joyfully concur with the law of God
King James Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Holman Bible
For in my inner self
International Standard Version
For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,
A Conservative Version
For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
American Standard Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Amplified
For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
An Understandable Version
For in my heart I am delighted with God's law,
Anderson New Testament
For, in the inward man, I delight in the law of God:
Bible in Basic English
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
Common New Testament
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
Daniel Mace New Testament
for my mind takes delight in the law of God,
Darby Translation
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
Godbey New Testament
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man;
Goodspeed New Testament
My inner nature agrees with the divine law,
John Wesley New Testament
For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man.
Julia Smith Translation
For I rejoice in the law of God, according to the man within:
King James 2000
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person,
Modern King James verseion
For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I delight in the law of God, as concerning the inner man.
Moffatt New Testament
I cordially agree with God's law, so far as my inner self is concerned,
Montgomery New Testament
For in my inmost self I delight in the law of God;
NET Bible
For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
New Heart English Bible
For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
Noyes New Testament
For I delight in the Law of God, as to the inward man;
Sawyer New Testament
for I consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul],
The Emphasized Bible
I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I am delighted with the law of God, as respecting the inward man:
Twentieth Century New Testament
At heart I delight in the Law of God;
Webster
For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:
Weymouth New Testament
For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;
World English Bible
For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
Worrell New Testament
or I delight in the law of God after the inward man;
Worsley New Testament
For I delight in the law of God, as to the inward man:
Youngs Literal Translation
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
Themes
Flesh » What dwells in the flesh
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Law » Bondage of » In the heart
Law » Christ being the end of the law
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
Mind » What wars against the mind
New Birth » Described as » The inward man
New Birth » Produces » Delight in God's law
Spirit » Called "the inner man,"
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
Topics
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:22
Images Romans 7:22
Prayers for Romans 7:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Internal Conflict With Sin
21 So I find this law: When I want to do right, the wrong is always in my way. 22 For in accordance with my better inner nature I approve God's law, 23 but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.
Cross References
Ephesians 3:16
and beg Him to grant you, in accordance with the riches of His perfect character, to be mightily strengthened by His Spirit in your inmost being,
2 Corinthians 4:16
So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day.
1 Peter 3:4
but they must be of an internal nature, the character concealed in the heart, in the imperishable quality of a quiet and gentle spirit, which is of great value in the sight of God.
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.
Romans 2:29
The real Jew is the man who is a Jew on the inside, and real circumcision is heart-circumcision, a spiritual, not a literal, affair. This man's praise originates, not with men, but with God.
Romans 8:7
Because one's thinking the things suggested by the lower nature means enmity to God, for it does not subject itself to God's law, nor indeed can it.
Colossians 3:9
Stop lying to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its practices,
Hebrews 8:10
'For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel in those days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. And nevermore will each one need to teach his fellow-citizen,