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ἀντιστρατεύομαι
antistrateuomai
G0497
G:V Greek

to wage war against

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antistrateuomai describes opposition portrayed as warring against the law of the mind.

The attested use portrays an opposing law as engaged in conflict against the law of the mind in Romans 7:23.

Senses in use

  1. Conflict directed against the law of the mind · dominant

    In Romans 7:23, the present middle participle describes another law in the speaker's members acting against the law of the mind; the APB renders the clause "warring against the law of my mind."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 7:23, the APB presents the action with "warring against the law of my mind." This rendering confirms the clause's conflict imagery without isolating every element of the Greek form.

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