Romans 7:16
But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
In Context
17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
1 Timothy 1:8But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,
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 →