Romans 7:21

I find then the law that when I want to do what is right, evil is present with me.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Now if I do the very thing I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

22For I delight in the law of God in my inner being,

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Cross References

John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Romans 6:14For sin will have no dominion over you, for you are 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 →

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