Rom 7:22-23 | TNotes | STEP | 7:22 with all my heart (literally in my inner person ): The Greeks used this phrase to denote the spiritual or immortal side of human beings (cp. 2 Cor 4:16 ; Eph 3:16 ).

b2 Cor 4:16►

cEph 3:16►

‏ Romans 7:22-23

7:22 ^a with all my heart (literally in my inner person): The Greeks used this phrase to denote the spiritual or immortal side of human beings (cp. 2 Cor 4:16 ^b; Eph 3:16 ^c).
7:23 ^d another power. ... This power (literally another law. ... This law): Paul plays on the word law in these verses. Opposed to God’s law (7:22 ^e) is another law, a ruling power that prevents Paul from submitting to God’s law even though he fully agrees with it.