# Romans 7.24 **Book:** [Romans](/codex/romans/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23. but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. > > **24. Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?** > > 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. (Romans 7:22-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 22. For I delight in God’s law after the inward man, 23. but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. > > **24. What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?** > > 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law. (Romans 7:22-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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? the body: or, this body of 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. (Romans 7:22-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 22. for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man, 23. and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that [is] in my members. > > **24. A wretched man I [am]! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?** > > 25. I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin. (Romans 7:22-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Christians Behaving Badly Defeater](/codex/christians-behaving-badly-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Original Sin](/codex/original-sin/), via [Romans 7.14-25](/codex/romans-7-14-25/) - [Sanctification](/codex/sanctification/), via [Romans 7.14-25](/codex/romans-7-14-25/) - [Sin](/codex/h2403-chattath/), via [Romans 7.14-25](/codex/romans-7-14-25/), [Romans 7.15-25](/codex/romans-7-15-25/) **Lexicon:** - [G3551 - nomos](/codex/g3551-nomos/), via [Romans 7.21-25](/codex/romans-7-21-25/), [Romans 7.7-25](/codex/romans-7-7-25/) - [G4982 - sozo](/codex/g4982-sozo/) - [H8451 - torah](/codex/h8451-torah/), via [Romans 7.7-25](/codex/romans-7-7-25/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.