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WretchedταλαίπωροςmanἄνθρωποςthatI am.ἐγὼWhoτίςwill rescueῥύσεταιmeμεfromἐκthisτούτουbodyτοῦ σώματοςof death?τοῦ θανάτου
Romans 7:24
Study it in the app“Wretched man that I am. Who will rescue me from this body of death?”
Paul describes the inner war: he wants the good and does what he hatesTemptation
With the Greek beneath
Romans 7:24, word by word
- Wretchedταλαίπωροςtalaipōros
wretched
Wretched, miserable, weighed down.
Where else “talaipōros” appears- manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- will rescueῥύσεταιrhysetai
rescue, deliver
Rescue, deliver from danger; "the Deliverer", the one who rescues.
Where else “rhysetai” appears- bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears- of deathθανάτουthanatou
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears
The context
23but 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.
24 · This verse (above)
25Thanks be to God through Jesus the Messiah our Lord. So then, I myself with the mind serve as a slave to the law of God, but with the flesh, to the law of sin.
To study Romans 7 in a group
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?