7:24 Who will deliver me. This is not a cry of despair, for Paul knows and provides the answer in v. 25.

body of death. The physical body, viewed as the means by which sin is expressed. Paul’s desire here is not for death as such, but for the deliverance that will ultimately be consummated in resurrection (8:23; Phil. 3:20; 2 Cor. 5:2–4).