Romans 7:24
Good News Translation
What an unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death?

New Revised Standard Version
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Contemporary English Version
What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die?

New American Bible
Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

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Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

wretched.

Romans 8:26 Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For, we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings,

1 Kings 8:38 Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know the wound of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands in this house;

Psalm 6:6 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 32:3,4 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 38:2,8-10 For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me. . . .

Psalm 77:3-9 I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away. . . .

Psalm 119:20,81-83,131 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times. . . .

Psalm 119:143,176 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation. . . .

Psalm 130:1-3 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: . . .

Ezekiel 9:4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof.

Matthew 5:4,6 Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:7-9 And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. . . .

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

who.

Deuteronomy 22:26,27 The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer: . . .

Psalm 71:11 Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

Psalm 72:12 For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

Psalm 91:14,15 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name. . . .

Psalm 102:20 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

Micah 7:19 He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

Zechariah 9:11,12 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. . . .

Luke 4:18 The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life. . . .

2 Timothy 4:18 The Lord hath delivered me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

Hebrews 2:15 And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.

the body of this.

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.

Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

Psalm 88:5 Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Colossians 2:11 In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand in despoiling of the body of the flesh: but in the circumcision of Christ.

Context
Struggling with Sin
23But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind and captivating me in the law of sin that is in my members. 24Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God: but with the flesh, the law of sin.…
Cross References
Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.

Romans 8:2
For the law of the spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath delivered me from the law of sin and of death.

Romans 8:23
And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit: even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.

Colossians 2:11
In whom also you are circumcised with circumcision not made by hand in despoiling of the body of the flesh: but in the circumcision of Christ.

Romans 7:23
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