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Romans 7:22 — King James Version← Study notes

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:


Romans 7:22Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 7:2210 words
GreekMeaning
συνήδομαιsynēdomai
I delightverbG4913
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
τῷ
in thearticleG3588
νόμῳnomō
lawnounG3551
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θεοῦtheou
of GodnounG2316
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἔσωesō
inwardadverbG2080
ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
mannounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 7:22

“I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.” What he says is not very clear. What then is it that is said? I praise the law, he says, in my conscience, and I find it pleads on my side so far as I am desirous of doing what is right, and that it invigorates this wish. For as I feel a pleasure in it, so does it yield praise to my decision. Do you see how he shows, that the knowledge of what is good and what is not such is an original and fundamental…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 13 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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