Romans 7:21
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Psalms 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you 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 →