Romans 7:21
This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
22At heart I delight in the Law of God;
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can know their flaws? Absolve me from those I know not.
Psalms 65:3Our sins are too mighty for us, our transgressions you only can cover them.
Psalms 119:133Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
Zechariah 3:1Then he showed me Joshua, the high priest, standing before the messenger of the Lord and the Adversary standing at his right hand to accuse him.
John 8:34“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Romans 6:14For sin will not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of love.
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 →