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Romans 7:21

This is what happens. It is like another law. Every time we try to do something good, that bad part of us wants to take control and make us go wrong.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

In Context

20That proves it. It’s not us that does those bad things. It’s that bad part inside us that does those bad things.

22Really, we ourselves, we want to live the right way,

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Cross References

John 8:34Jesus said, “Listen, this is the true story. You go against God and do bad things, and everyone that does bad things is like a slave. You can’t stop doing those bad things, so they are your boss.

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 →

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