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Romans 7:24 — King James Version← Study notes

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?


Romans 7:24Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 7:2412 words
GreekMeaning
ταλαίπωροςtalaipōros
O wretchedadjectiveG5005
ἐγὼegō
I myself ampronounG1473
ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
mannounG444
τίςtis
WhopronounG5100
μεme
mepronounG1473
ῥύσεταιrhysetai
will deliververbG4506
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
σώματοςsōmatos
bodynounG4983
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θανάτουthanatou
of deathnounG2288
τούτουtoutou
this?demonstrativeG3778
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 7:24

“O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Do you notice what a great thraldom that of vice is, in that it overcomes even a mind that delighted in the Law? For no one can rejoin, he means, that I hate the Law and abhor it, and so sin overcomes me. For “I delight in it, and consent to it,” and flee for refuge to it, yet still it had not the power of saving one who had fled to it. But Christ saved even one that fled from Him. See what a vast…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 13 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Yuki TanakaNote3mo ago
The Flesh Wrestles
Paul breaks into almost desperate honesty: 'What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?' This isn't preamble to a solution. This is anguish. He's describing the experience of...
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Aisha MbekiNote3mo ago
Wretched Man That I Am
Paul cries out: 'What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?' This is despair. Real, honest despair. And it's in the middle of Scripture. I spent five years ...
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