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More Than Mental Assent
Commentators emphasize that the 'delight' Paul speaks of is not just intellectual agreement but a deep, emotional pleasure in God's law. Scholars like Albert Barnes note this joy comes from the 'inward man'—the new, regenerated nature given by God. This heartfelt affection for God's holiness is a key characteristic of a genuine believer.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 7:22
18th Century
Theologian
For I delight. The word used here (sunēdomai) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means to rejoice with anyone,…
AT Robertson
On Romans 7:22
For I delight in (συνηδομα γαρ). Old verb, here alone in N.T., with associative instrumental case, "I rejoice with the law of God,…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 7:22
19th Century
Bishop
I delight.—“I delight in (and with) the Law of God.” I sympathise with and approve of it after the inward man, that is, in the hig…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 7:21–24
19th Century
Preacher
That, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members,…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 7:22
Paul now summarizes what has gone before. “So I find this law at work.” So far, “law” (GK 3795) meant the law of Moses, but here it has a specializ…
John Calvin
On Romans 7:22
16th Century
Theologian
For I consent to the law of God, etc. Here then you see what sort of division there is in pious souls, from which arises that con…
John Gill
On Romans 7:22
17th Century
Pastor
For I delight in the law of God
This an unregenerate man cannot do; he does not like its commands, they are disagree…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 7:18–22
17th Century
Minister
The purer and holier the heart is, the more keenly it will perceive the sin that remains in it. The believer sees more of the beauty of holiness an…