Psalms 119:5

119:5 If only I were predisposed

to keep your statutes!

Psalms 119:20

119:20 I desperately long to know

your regulations at all times.

Matthew 26:41

26:41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Romans 7:24

7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Romans 7:2

7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Galatians 5:17

5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want.

Philippians 3:13-14

3:13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind, 10  I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God 11  in Christ Jesus.

tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”

tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

tn Grk “husband.”

tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

tn The words “has desires” do not occur in the Greek text a second time, but are repeated in the translation for clarity.

tn Or “are hostile toward” (L&N 39.1).

tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”

10 tn Grk “according to the goal.”

11 tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”