Romans 7:21
Therefore I find this law, that when I wish to do the right thing, evil is right there with me.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
22For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
Cross References
John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly I say to you, that everyone that practices sin is a slave of sin.
Romans 6:14For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 1 Slaves to Righteousness
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 →