Romans 7:18
For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing; for to desire is present with me, but not to perform that which is good.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Now, however, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
19For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.
Job 25:4How then can man be righteous before? Or how can he be pure that is born of woman?
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Psalms 119:40Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
Psalms 119:173Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
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 →