...law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin, which dwells in my members. 24. Wretched one that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death? 25. Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. For, left to my own resources, with my...

...— sin — was nothing less than a law. When he saw that sin was a law, he could only sigh and say, "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" He realized that it was impossible for him to prevail over sin by his will. What is the will?...

...shameless, since even Paul, admitting this struggle and overcome by weariness, as it were, cries out: 'Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?'413 The law of God says: 'Share your property with the poor,'414 but greed rebels against this,...

...understand what I do, for it is not what I wish that I do, hut what I hate, that I do. . . . Unhappy man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?"i — the sacrifice of Abraham, the wounds of Job and his complaints against God [more glorious...

...disturbance is caused by the flesh. According to that chapter, Paul was so disturbed that he even cried out, "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" (v. 24). Apparently this disturbance was caused by sin. Actually it was caused by the flesh....

...so many who have had the same experience will really respond in one accord with Paul's final sigh: "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" (v. 24). What then is the meaning of this war? This war is also a kind of discipline by the...

...people who are trying to do good into captivity to do something evil. The Body of Death Verse 24 says, "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" As far as doing good is concerned, our body is a body of death. In 6:6 the body is called "the...

...his own affairs; and in sheer misery he cries out: O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!21. And: Wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from the body of this death?2*. Deeply hurt, I come to a dead stop. Condemned to my own existence, I remain a captive of...

...things that are sinful and unclean. In Romans 7:24 Paul goes on to say that our body is a body of death: "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" Then in Romans 8:10 Paul points out that although the spirit is life because of righteousness,...

...bad fruit. Whether it is the good fruit or the bad fruit, both lead to his death. Therefore, he says, "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?" (v. 24). He is so desirous to keep the law, yet the result is death. This is the death that...