Romans 7

Which worship songs are based on Romans 7?

  1. Learn Some Deuteronomy — ApologetiX (2020) Romans 7:1-4

    The explicit citation accompanies the claim that Christ's death releases believers from their former legal liability and opens a new life of grace, closely reflecting Paul's argument about dying to the law through Christ.

  2. Free — Switchfoot (2009) Romans 7:15-24

    The second verse closely adapts Paul's confession of doing what he hates despite wanting to do good, particularly Romans 7:15. The surrounding imagery of inward captivity and the appeal for rescue reinforce the passage's progression toward Paul's plea for deliverance.

  3. Circles — Jonathan Ogden (2026) Romans 7:15-19

    The confession that the singer repeatedly fails to carry out what he intends closely parallels Paul's description of wanting to do good yet doing otherwise. The surrounding appeal for rescue also fits Paul's portrayal of the self divided by sin.

  4. Fight Anymore — For All Seasons (2018) Romans 7:15-19

    The opening describes the same conflict Paul articulates between sincerely willing one course of action and repeatedly doing the opposite. Its focus on failed resolve and unwanted behavior closely follows Paul's account of inner bondage.

  5. Free — Guardian (2014) Romans 7:15-19

    The description of committing unwanted wrongs, coupled with incomprehension about one's behavior, closely adapts Paul's account of doing the evil he does not want to do.

  6. Daylight — David Kushner (2023) Romans 7:15-19

    The recurring conflict between desiring a sinful act, hating it, and nevertheless repeating it closely parallels Paul’s description of doing the very evil he does not want to do.

  7. Diamond — Brandon Heath (2012) Romans 7:15

    The second verse closely paraphrases Paul’s confession that he does what he does not want to do. Its bewilderment over repeated, unwanted behavior specifically echoes Paul’s account of the conflict between intention and action.

  8. Chase Me Down — Chris Tomlin (2020) Romans 7:15-19

    The opening confession closely follows Paul's description of knowingly practicing the behavior he hates rather than the good he desires to do.

  9. Betrayed Redemption — Corpus Christi (2010) Romans 7:15

    The speaker's admission of practicing what he despises closely paraphrases Paul's description of doing what he hates. The surrounding bewilderment and self-disgust reinforce this specific connection.

  10. I Did It Again — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2025) Romans 7:15-25

    The repeated pattern of recognizing what is right yet yielding to sinful desire closely parallels Paul's description of doing what he hates and experiencing conflict between his will and the power of sin within him.

  11. How You Rewind Me — ApologetiX (2010) Romans 7:15-20

    The song explicitly names Romans 7 and closely adapts Paul's account of doing what he does not want to do because of indwelling sin.

  12. Blanket of Ghosts — Dustin Kensrue (2007) Romans 7:15

    The song explicitly names Paul and closely adapts his account of failing to do what he wants to do. This directly invokes Paul's description of a divided will rather than merely expressing general shame.

  13. LOOK OUT BELOW — Alive City & Quasarpro (2025) Romans 7:15-24

    The speaker describes doing what he hates, repeatedly returning to destructive behavior, and experiencing an internal conflict associated with the flesh. This closely follows Paul's account of captivity to sin and his inability to carry out the good he desires.

  14. In the Light — Shane & Shane (2024) Romans 7:15-25

    The verses echo Paul's bewilderment over practicing behavior he hates, his inability to master sin through his own effort, and his resulting need for deliverance through a Savior.

  15. Miracles — Newsboys (2011) Romans 7:15-19

    The second verse describes knowing what one wants to do yet repeatedly doing the opposite. This closely parallels Paul's account of the conflict between intended good and actual behavior.

  16. Felix Culpa — Kings Kaleidoscope (2014) Romans 7:15

    The bridge combines Paul's confession of doing what he hates with his anguished description of himself as wretched. These paired verbal echoes make the reference particularly clear.

  17. There's Always More — Travis Greene & Annatoria (2025) Romans 7:15-24

    The opening confession closely follows Paul's description of being unable to practice the good he desires because sin remains active in his mortal nature.

  18. Sálvame De Mi — Alex Zurdo (2023) Romans 7:15

    The confession that he repeatedly does what he hates closely follows Paul’s description of acting against his own moral desire.

  19. Away — KB & Limoblaze (2023) Romans 7:15-25

    The third verse closely reproduces Paul’s description of doing what he does not want to do, then echoes his cry for deliverance from bondage to sin. The surrounding language about conflict with the flesh confirms sustained engagement with this passage.

  20. Save Me — John Schlitt (2012) Romans 7:18-19

    The second verse closely paraphrases Paul's description of wanting to do good but failing to carry it out and instead doing wrong. Its emphasis on frustrated moral effort reflects the passage's specific contrast between willing and accomplishing good.

  21. Better Part of Me — Michael Sweet (2019) Romans 7:18-23

    The divided self—one inward impulse seeking holiness while another pursues worldly desire—parallels Paul’s description of wanting what is good while experiencing another power at war within him.

  22. I Know Who I Am — Jeremy Camp (2008) Romans 7:18-19

    The opening confession of an inability to produce goodness and the bridge’s admission of avoiding desired actions together closely reflect Paul’s account of wanting to do good but failing to carry it out.

  23. Let Go — Sam Rivera (2022) Romans 7:18-24

    The singer desires to choose what is right yet repeatedly loses control and admits his inability to overcome the destructive pattern alone. This closely parallels Paul’s account of wanting to do good while remaining captive to contrary behavior and needing deliverance.

  24. Me? Sarcastic? Never... — Collective Dust (2025) Romans 7:18

    The closing confession that human flesh contains no inherent good closely follows Paul’s description of sin dwelling in the flesh and his inability to carry out the good he desires.

  25. The Son Is Mine — Impending Doom (2010) Romans 7:21-24

    The description of opposing natures within the body, followed by a question about deliverance from evil and death, closely adapts Paul's account of inward conflict and his cry for rescue from the body of death.

  26. In Spite of Me — Bryan Andrew Wilson (2018) Romans 7:21

    The singer describes a recurring pattern in which his attempts to do right are persistently accompanied by wrongdoing. This closely parallels Paul’s observation that evil remains present when he desires to do good.

  27. Group TherAPy — Anthony Brown & group therAPy (2012) Romans 7:21-23

    The first verse closely adapts Paul's description of evil remaining present when he intends to do good. Its portrayal of competing inward impulses also echoes Paul's account of an internal war against his desire to obey God.

  28. God Knows You've Tried — ApologetiX (2014) Romans 7:22-25

    The song explicitly directs the listener to Romans 7 and invokes the inward person, corresponding especially to verse 22. Its discussion of repeated failure draws on Paul’s account of inward commitment to God amid conflict with sin.

  29. Empty My Hands — Tenth Avenue North (2010) Romans 7:23

    The bridge combines inward warfare, imprisonment, and enslavement to destructive desires, closely resembling Paul’s description of an internal power waging war against his mind and making him a prisoner of sin.

  30. My Own Worst Enemy — Casting Crowns (2011) Romans 7:23-25

    The combination of inward warfare, captivity to sin, and an appeal to Jesus for rescue closely follows Paul's account of his internal struggle. The connection rests on this specific sequence, rather than on spiritual warfare language alone.

  31. You Tell Em' Jango! I'm Too Mad! — Collective Dust (2025) Romans 7:24

    The rhetorical question about who will save from the body of death directly echoes Paul's lament in Romans about wretchedness and the need for salvation.

  32. Worship from a Wretch — Front Porch Step (2017) Romans 7:24

    The speaker’s distinctive self-identification as a wretched man echoes Paul’s anguished description of bondage to sin and need for deliverance through Christ.

  33. Always — Switchfoot (2009) Romans 7:24

    The bridge’s first-person confession of wretchedness closely adapts Paul’s self-description in Romans 7:24. Its placement amid praise and surrender gives the biblical language a setting of acknowledged brokenness rather than final despair.

  34. Cry for You — Lecrae (2017) Romans 7:24

    Lecrae adopts Paul's distinctive description of mortal bondage while lamenting destructive desires and longing for release from them.

Romans 7 (King James Version)

1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.