Rom 7:24 | RWP | e4.org | O wretched man that I am ( ταλαιπωρος εγω ανθρωπος ). "Wretched man I." Old adjective from τλαω , to bear, and πωρος , a callus. In N.T. only here and . "A heart-rending cry from the depths of despair" (Sanday and Headlam). Out of the body of this death ( εκ του σωματος του θανατου τουτου ). So the order of words demands. See verse for "death" which finds a lodgment in the body (Lightfoot). If one feels that Paul has exaggerated his own condition, he has only to recall when he describes himself a chief of sinners. He dealt too honestly with himself for Pharisaic complacency to live long.

‏ Romans 7:24

O wretched man that I am ( ταλαιπωρος εγω ανθρωπος ). "Wretched man I." Old adjective from τλαω, to bear, and πωρος, a callus. In N.T. only here and Re 3:17. "A heart-rending cry from the depths of despair" (Sanday and Headlam).

Out of the body of this death ( εκ του σωματος του θανατου τουτου ). So the order of words demands. See verse 13 for "death" which finds a lodgment in the body (Lightfoot). If one feels that Paul has exaggerated his own condition, he has only to recall 1Ti 1:15 when he describes himself a chief of sinners. He dealt too honestly with himself for Pharisaic complacency to live long.