Romans 7:21
Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
20But if I do this that I do not want, I no longer perform it, but sin dwelling in me.
22For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
Psalms 65:3Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou will forgive them.
Psalms 119:133Establish my footsteps in thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Zechariah 3:1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the agent of LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
John 8:34Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.
Romans 6:14for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace.
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 →