“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” -Romans 7:24
Paul concludes his argument with this vehement exclamation: ταλαίπωρος ἄνθρωπος ἐγώ!
ταλαίπωρος (Talaiporos) is a strong word and the only other time it is used in the New Testament is in Revelation 3:17:
“For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not re…
