Romans 7:24

Overwhelmed, Paul cries out for deliverance from this 'body of death.' The struggle drives him to long for rescue beyond his own power.

Cross-references · 35

• Rom 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
• 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
• Rom 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
• Rom 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
• 2 Cor 12:7–9or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
• Ps 102:20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
• Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
• Rom 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• Heb 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
• Ps 91:14–15“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• Ps 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
• Ps 38:8–10I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
• Col 2:11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
• Ps 71:11saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
• Mic 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
• Ps 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• 1 Kgs 8:38then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
• Ps 119:81–83My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
• Ps 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
• Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
• Ps 77:3–9I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
• Matt 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• Ps 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
• Ps 130:1–3A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
• Ps 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Ps 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
• Ps 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Ps 119:143Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
• Deut 22:26–27Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
• Zech 9:11–12As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Ezek 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
• Ps 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• 2 Cor 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

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