Romans 7:24 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 7:24

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

KJV

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 3 (202)

On this account, therefore, the Lord Himself, who is Emmanuel from the Virgin, is the sign of our salvation, since it was the Lord Himself who saved them, because they could not be saved by their own instrumentality; and, therefore, when Paul sets forth human infirmity, he says: "For I know that there dwelleth in my flesh no good thing," showing that the "good thing" of our salvation is not from us, but from God. And again: "Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Wretched man that I am - The struggle is now come to the height; and the man, finding there is no help in himself, begins almost unawares to pray, Who shall deliver me? He then seeks and looks for deliverance, till God in Christ appears to answer his question. The word which we translate deliver, implies force.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The thing he complains of is a body of death; either the body of flesh, which is a mortal dying body (while we carry this body about with us, we shall be troubled with corruption; when we are dead, we shall be freed from sin, and not before), or the body of sin, the old man, the corrupt nature, which tends to death, that is, to the ruin of the soul.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 235: “The Fainting Warrior” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1859)

IF I chose to occupy your time with controversial matter, I might prove to a demonstration that the apostle Paul is here describing his own experience as a Christian. Some have affirmed that he is merely declaring what he was before conversion, and not what he was when he became the recipient of the grace of God. But such persons are evidently mistaken, and I believe wilfully mistaken; for any ample-hearted, candid mind, reading through this chapter, could not fall into such an error.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ταλαίπωρος	talaipōros	O wretched	G5005 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself [am]	G1473 →
ἄνθρωπος·	anthrōpos	man!	G444 →
τίς	tis	Who	G5101 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
ῥύσεται	rhusetai	will deliver	G4506 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σώματος	sōmatos	body	G4983 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτου	thanatou	of death	G2288 →
τούτου;¶	toutou	this?	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
leads to
- Romans 6:14
  For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- 2 Corinthians 3:17
  Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- Romans 6:18
  You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6
  And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Through
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
leads to
- Psalms 121:7
  The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Through
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
leads to
- Galatians 2:20
  I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
Through
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans