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Romans 7:21-23

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“So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.” -Romans 7:21–23

Paul uses a beautifully crafted rhetorical framework using laws t…

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