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 7:24 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 7:2412 words
ℹGreek 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…
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Yuki TanakaNote3mo agoThe 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 agoWretched 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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