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For I delight in God`s law after the inward man,
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I delight. The word used here (sunēdomai) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means to rejoice with anyone,…
For I delight in (συνηδομα γαρ). Old verb, here alone in N.T., with associative instrumental case, "I rejoice with the law of God,…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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,…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I delight in the law of God This an unregenerate man cannot do; he does not like its commands, they are disagree…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the law is good because it is consistent with reason, the Apostle now draws two conclusions based on the two things he…
