<p>7:25&nbsp;<i>Thanks be to God- through Jesus Christ our Lord</i>- In the sense that we can become &ldquo;in Christ&rdquo; and all that is true of Him becomes true of us.</p><p><i>So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin</i>- The classic statement of personal identity, the climax of the whole exclamation of relief, the answer to all the spiritual frustration and anguish of this chapter. He himself, his real self. Identified with being a slave of God; but his flesh continued to serve sin.</p><p><b>Notes</b>&nbsp;<br />(1) See E.E. Urbach,&nbsp;<i>The Sages: Their Concepts and Beliefs</i>&nbsp;(Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1979) Vol. 2 pp. 425-428.<br />(2) Other possible examples from the NT and from throughout contemporary writings are given in R.H. Gundry,&nbsp;<i>The Old is Better: New Testament Essays</i>&nbsp;(T<i>&uuml;</i>bingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005) pp. 229,230 and J. Lambrecht,&nbsp;<i>The Wretched &ldquo;I&rdquo; and Its Liberation</i>&nbsp;(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992) pp. 73-91.&nbsp;<br />(3) See S. Safrai and M. Stern, eds.,&nbsp;<i>The Jewish People in the First Century</i>&nbsp;(Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976) Vol. 2 p. 771.</p><p>(4) W.D. Davies,&nbsp;<i>Paul</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Rabbinic Judaism</i>:&nbsp;<i>Some Rabbinic Elements in Pauline Theology</i>&nbsp;(New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1948) pp. 19-27.</p>