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Romans 7:23

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.

Romans 7:23 BSB
  1. a Literally captive to the law of sin being in my members.

Romans 7:23 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Galatians 5:17 (24 votes) and James 4:1 (16 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Leviticus 13 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Romans 7:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Galatians 5:1724 votes

    For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

  2. James 4:116 votes

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  3. Romans 8:213 votes

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  4. Romans 6:1911 votes

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

  5. Romans 7:259 votes

    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

  6. 1 Peter 2:119 votes

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

  7. Hebrews 12:46 votes

    In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

  8. 1 Timothy 6:11–125 votes

    But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

  9. 2 Timothy 2:25–265 votes

    He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

  10. Psalm 142:74 votes

    Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

  11. Ecclesiastes 7:204 votes

    Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

  12. Romans 6:134 votes

    Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.

  13. Romans 7:54 votes

    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

  14. Romans 7:214 votes

    So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

  15. Romans 7:143 votes

    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

  16. James 3:22 votes

    We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

Which verses point to Romans 7:23?

The 10 strongest of 37.