Romans 7:15
For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
In Context
14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
16But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.
Psalms 97:10O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD.
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Enliven me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:113I hate those who are of a double mind, but I love thy law.
Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 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… Read the whole commentary →