Romans 7:21

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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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  • Rom 7:23 : 23 but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.
  • Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
  • Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
  • Eph 6:11-13 : 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin.
  • 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
  • Rom 7:25 : 25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  • 2 Chr 30:18-19 : 18 Although most of the people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves, they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, 'May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.'
  • Ps 19:12-13 : 12 By them Your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward. 13 Who can discern their own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
  • Ps 40:12 : 12 LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; may Your love and truth always protect me.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 You who hear prayer, to you all humanity will come.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steps according to Your word; let no sin rule over me.
  • Isa 6:5-7 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts." 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me. He had a glowing coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is removed, and your sin is atoned for."
  • Zech 3:1-4 : 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, 'The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this man not like a burning stick snatched from the fire?' 3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, 'Take off his filthy clothes.' Then he said to Joshua, 'See, I have taken away your sin, and I will clothe you with fine garments.'
  • Luke 4:1 : 1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
  • John 8:34 : 34 Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
  • Rom 6:12 : 12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

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  • Rom 7:7-20
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

    8But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

    9At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.

    10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

    11For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

    12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

    13Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.

    14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

    15For I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do.

    16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

    17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

    18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

    19For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

    20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

  • Rom 7:22-25
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    22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

    23but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.

    24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

    25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

  • Rom 7:5
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    5For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.

  • Rom 8:2-4
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

    3For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

    4This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

  • Gal 5:17
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    17For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

  • Mark 7:21
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    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Gal 2:17-19
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    17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

    18For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

  • Rom 2:14-15
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    14For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

    15They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.

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    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

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    26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

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    7If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?

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    20But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

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    8Now we know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

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    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

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    4I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • Rom 2:1-2
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    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

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    21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

  • Ps 40:8
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    8Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'

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    4Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

  • Rom 5:20
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    20Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more.

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    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

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    8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

  • Rom 6:1
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    1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

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    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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    15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.