21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-25)Here is a description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. And it is applicable two ways:—1. To the struggles that are in a convinced soul, but yet unregenerate, in the person of whom it is supposed, by some, that Paul speaks. 2. To the struggles that are in a renewed sanctified soul, but yet in a state of imperfection; as other appr…
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