Romans 7:17 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁷ This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

⁷ 'Blessed are those whose wrong-doings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn! ⁸ Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!'

¹⁸ I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.

²⁰ But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

²³ But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body.

¹² For, where there is willingness, a man's gift is valued by its comparison with what he has, and not with what he has not.

⁸ More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him; ⁹ Any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ--the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.

⁵ Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks--'Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?' ⁶ No; the gift that God gives is for a nobler end; and that is why it is said--'God is opposed to the haughty, but gives help to the humble.'