Study it in the app“but I see another law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and taking me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.”
Paul describes the inner war: he wants the good and does what he hatesTemptation
butδὲI seeβλέπωanotherἕτερονlawνόμονinἐνmy membersτοῖς μέλεσίν μουwaging war againstἀντιστρατευόμενονthe lawτῷ νόμῳof my mindτοῦ νοός μουandκαὶtaking me captiveαἰχμαλωτίζοντά μεtoἐνthe lawτῷ νόμῳof sinτῆς ἁμαρτίαςthatτῷisὄντιinἐνmy members.τοῖς μέλεσίν μου
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepō” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heteron” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomon” appearsmember
A part of the body.
Where else “melesin” appearswage war against
Wage war against, fight someone.
Where else “antistrateuomenon” appearsmind
The capacity to think, judge and understand in each person.
Where else “noos” appearstake captive
Take captive, lead into captivity.
Where else “aichmalōtizonta” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “onti” appears22For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
23 · This verse (above)
24Wretched man that I am. Who will rescue me from this body of death?
1. What it says
What does Paul say he does and does not do, and how does he feel about it? (vv. 15-19, 24)
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul describes his inner struggle so frankly? What answer does he give at the end? (vv. 21-25)
3. How I live it
Paul admits his inner struggle without hiding it. To whom could you confidently tell a struggle of your own?
