Romans 7:21
This is the principle I've discovered: if I want to do what's good, evil is always there too.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
20However, if I'm doing what I don't want to, then it's no longer me doing it, but sin living in me.
22My inner self is delighted with God's law,
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who's aware of their own mistakes? Don't punish me for these faults I'm unaware of.
Psalms 65:3Even though we're drowning in our sins and our disobedience, you forgive us.
Psalms 119:133Tell me by your word the way I should go, and don't let any kind of evil control me.
Zechariah 3:1Then the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing on his right accusing him.
John 8:34Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
Romans 6:14Sin won't rule over you, because you're 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 →