Romans 7:19

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

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18For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

20But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

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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 →

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