But 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.
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.
Commenting on Romans 7:14-25
O wretched man that I am,.... Not as considered in Christ, for as such he was a most happy man, being blessed with all spiritual blessings, and secure from all condemnation and wrath; nor with respect to his inward man, which was renewing day by day, and in which he enjoyed true spiritual peace and pleasure; nor with regard to his future state, of the...
Verse 23. But I see another law. . In my members. In my body; in my flesh; in my corrupt and sinful propensities. . Comp. The body is composed of many members; and as the flesh is regarded as the source of sin, () the law of sin is said to be in the members, i.e. in the body itself. Warring against, fighting against; or resisting.