Romans 7:24

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Cross-references

Romans 7:14 Parallel

In Romans 7:14, Paul describes being sold under sin — the condition that leads to the desperate cry for deliverance in 7:24.

Romans 6:6 Parallel

Romans 6:6 explains that the old self was crucified with Christ, breaking the body of sin's power — answering the cry for deliverance here.

Romans 8:13 Parallel

Romans 8:13 shows that by the Spirit we put to death the body's deeds — providing the means of deliverance from this body of death.

Romans 8:26 Parallel

Romans 8:26 answers this cry for rescue: the Spirit helps in weakness and intercedes with groans too deep for words.

Romans 6:12 Parallel

In Romans 6:12, Paul commands sin not to reign in your mortal body — the very problem behind the cry for deliverance in 7:24.

Romans 8:23 Parallel

In Romans 8:23, believers groan for redemption of their bodies — the same longing for deliverance from the body of death in 7:24.

Psalm 102:20 hears groans of prisoners doomed to die and sets them free — mirroring Paul's cry from a body of death.

Micah 7:19 Related theme

Micah 7:19 promises God will cast sins into the sea — the deliverance Paul cries for from sin's bondage.

Luke 4:18 Parallel

Luke 4:18 declares Jesus came to set captives free — the very deliverance Paul cries for from his captivity to sin.

Hebrews 2:15 says Christ delivers those enslaved by fear of death — exactly the bondage Paul cries out from.

Titus 2:14 Parallel

Titus 2:14 says Christ redeemed us from lawlessness — the basis for deliverance from the body of death Paul cries for.

Colossians 2:11 speaks of putting off the body of sins through Christ's circumcision — the same concept of being delivered from the sinful nature.

2 Timothy 4:18 affirms the Lord will rescue from every evil — the confident answer to the desperate cry here.

Psalm 119:133 asks that no iniquity have dominion — directly mirroring Paul's cry to be freed from the body of death's control.

In Revelation 3:17, the Laodiceans are blind to their wretchedness — the opposite of Paul's self-aware cry 'wretched man' in 7:24.

In 2 Corinthians 5:2, Paul groans for a heavenly dwelling — the same longing for deliverance from this mortal body expressed in 7:24.

In Galatians 3:24, the law is a guardian to lead us to Christ — the very function it serves in 7:24, driving Paul to his Deliverer.

Revelation 21:4 Related theme

Revelation 21:4 promises no more death or tears — the ultimate deliverance from the 'body of death' Paul longs for.

Isaiah 64:6 Parallel

Isaiah 64:6 declares all our righteousness as filthy rags due to iniquity — the same confession of total sinfulness that prompts Paul's cry.