Romans 7:16
But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
In Context
15For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.
17But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
1 Timothy 1:8But we know that the law is good, if any man uses it lawfully,
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 →