Romans 7:21
I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
20But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
Psalms 65:3Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
Psalms 119:133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Zechariah 3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the LORD’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
John 8:34Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
Romans 6:14For sin will not have 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 →