Romans 7:21
Consequently, I-am-discovering the law to{the emphatically-me will-ing} to-be-doing the good, that to{emphatically-me} the bad is-being-lain-beside,
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
22for I-am-pleasuring-together to{the law} of{the God} according-to the man within.
Cross References
John 8:34The Jesus responds to{same}, "Amen, amen I-am-saying to{you} that every, the doing the sin, is-being [a] slave of{the sin}.
Romans 6:14for sin of{you} will_not_lord, for you-are_not_being under law; contrariwise, under grace/favor.
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 →