Romans 7:15
For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.
Catholic Public Domain 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.
16So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.
Psalms 36:4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
Psalms 119:1A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.
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 →