Romans 7:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 7:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 7:22 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 7:22 — KJV
“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:”
— Romans 7:22 (KJV)
Romans 7:22 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 7:22
“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:22: law, god, after
“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:22: law, god, after
“And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. their place: Heb. their standing”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:22: law, god, after
“And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:22: law, god, after
“And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:22: law, god, after
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