Romans 7:15
for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practice, but what I hate, this I do.
Literal Standard 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 have known that the Law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by sin;
16And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the Law that [it is] good,
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, || And the way of the wicked is lost!
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.”
Psalms 97:10You who love YHWH, hate evil, || He is keeping the souls of His saints, || He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 119:1[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, || They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, || Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Psalms 119:113[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, || And I have loved Your law.
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 →