Romans 7:22
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
קֶרֶב
qereb
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
קֶרֶב qereb
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Study H7130 →חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an...
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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.
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