Romans 7:18

for I-have-beheld that the-same is_not_housing in to{emphatically-me}. It-is-being in to{the flesh} of{me}, for the to-be-will-ing beneficial is-being-lain-beside to{me}; moreover, the to-be-work-izing-self-down/according-to the good I-am_not_discovering,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

In Context

17Moreover, emphatically-now not-still I am-work-izing-self-down/according-to same, contrariwise, the housing in to{emphatically-me} sin,

19for not which I-am-will-ing, I-am-doing beneficial; contrariwise, which I-am_not_will-ing, the-same bad I-am-practicing.

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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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