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Romans 7:21-25
Wretchedness and Christ's Rescue
The chapter closes with an anguished lament ('What a wretched man I am!') immediately answered by thanksgiving in Jesus Christ—affirming the mind's desire to obey God but pointing to deliverance from the 'body of death' only in Christ (vv. 21–25).
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Meaning in context
The chapter closes with an anguished lament ('What a wretched man I am!') immediately answered by thanksgiving in Jesus Christ—affirming the mind's desire to obey God but pointing to deliverance from the 'body of death' only in Christ (vv. 21–25).
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Romans 7:21-25
Wretchedness and Christ's Rescue
The chapter closes with an anguished lament ('What a wretched man I am!') immediately answered by thanksgiving in Jesus Christ—affirming the mind's desire to obey God but pointing to deliverance from the 'body of death' only in Christ (vv. 21–25).
Movement
The gospel announced to Rome
Artifact
Imperial capital and gospel letter
Biblical Timeline
Apostolic Age
Apostolic Age
CreationNew creation
Apostles
Romans context: AD 33 - AD 100
Biblical Timeline
Apostolic Age
Romans context
Apostolic Age / AD 33 - AD 100
CreationNew creation
Romans context is set in the apostolic age, where The early church and the writing of the New Testament.
Scripture Text
Romans 7:21-25
5 verses
Thesis
What this passage is saying
The chapter closes with an anguished lament ('What a wretched man I am!') immediately answered by thanksgiving in Jesus Christ—affirming the mind's desire to obey God but pointing to deliverance from the 'body of death' only in Christ (vv. 21–25).