Romans 7:22
New International Version
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;

New Living Translation
I love God’s law with all my heart.

English Standard Version
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

Berean Standard Bible
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Berean Literal Bible
For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man;

King James Bible
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

New King James Version
For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

New American Standard Bible
For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person,

NASB 1995
For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

NASB 1977
For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

Legacy Standard Bible
For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

Amplified Bible
For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],

Christian Standard Bible
For in my inner self I delight in God’s law,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For in my inner self I joyfully agree with God’s law.

American Standard Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For I rejoice in the law of God in the inner person.

Contemporary English Version
With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:

English Revised Version
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I take pleasure in God's standards in my inner being.

Good News Translation
My inner being delights in the law of God.

International Standard Version
For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,

Literal Standard Version
for I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man,

Majority Standard Bible
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

New American Bible
For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self,

NET Bible
For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

New Revised Standard Version
For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,

New Heart English Bible
For I delight in God's law in my inner being,

Webster's Bible Translation
For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:

Weymouth New Testament
For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;

World English Bible
For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,

Young's Literal Translation
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Struggling with Sin
21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law. 23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Ephesians 3:16
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

1 Peter 3:4
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God's sight.


Treasury of Scripture

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

I delight.

Romans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

inward.

Romans 2:29
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

Jump to Previous
Delight God's Heart Inmost Inner Inward Joyfully Law Pleasure Self Sympathy
Jump to Next
Delight God's Heart Inmost Inner Inward Joyfully Law Pleasure Self Sympathy
Romans 7
1. No law has power over a man longer than he lives.
4. But we are dead to the law.
7. Yet is not the law sin;
12. but holy, just and good;
16. as I acknowledge, who am grieved because I cannot keep it.














(22) I delight.--"I delight in (and with) the Law of God." I sympathise with and approve of it after the inward man, i.e., in the higher part of my being. "The inward man" corresponds nearly, though not quite, to the "law of my mind," in the next verse. It stands rather midway between it and the spirit. The mind is the moral and rational faculties considered as moral and rational. "The inward man" is the higher part of man's nature considered as capable of receiving the divine grace. The "spirit" is the same when actually brought into communion with God.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

in [my]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

inner
ἔσω (esō)
Adverb
Strong's 2080: Within, inside, with verbs either of rest or of motion; prep: within, to within, inside. From eis; inside.

being
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

I delight
συνήδομαι (synēdomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4913: To delight inwardly in, congratulate.

in
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

God’s
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

Law.
νόμῳ (nomō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.


Links
Romans 7:22 NIV
Romans 7:22 NLT
Romans 7:22 ESV
Romans 7:22 NASB
Romans 7:22 KJV

Romans 7:22 BibleApps.com
Romans 7:22 Biblia Paralela
Romans 7:22 Chinese Bible
Romans 7:22 French Bible
Romans 7:22 Catholic Bible

NT Letters: Romans 7:22 For I delight in God's law after (Rom. Ro)
Romans 7:21
Top of Page
Top of Page