A.T. Robertson Commentary Romans 7:22

"For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:" — Romans 7:22 (ASV)

For I delight in (συνηδομα γαρ). Old verb, here alone in N.T., with associative instrumental case, "I rejoice with the law of God," my real self "after the inward man" (κατα τον εσω ανθρωπον) of the conscience as opposed to "the outward man" (2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16).