Romans 7:19
For the good that I will to do, I do not; but the evil that I will not to do, that do I.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
In Context
20And if the thing that I will not I do, it is not I who do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
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 →