Romans 7:18
for I know that there's nothing good in me as far as my sinful human nature is concerned. Even though I want to do good, I'm just not able to do it.
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In Context
17So it's no longer me who does this, but sin living in me—
19The good I want to do, I don't do; while the evil I don't want to do, that's what I end up doing!
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Job 14:4Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
Job 25:4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
Psalms 119:5May I be reliable in the way I keep your rules!
Psalms 119:40I always want to do what you say. Please let me live, for you do what is right.
Psalms 119:173Please be ready to help me, for I have chosen to follow your instructions.
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 →