Romans 7:21
I finde then that when I would doe good, I am thus yoked, that euill is present with me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
20Nowe if I do that I would not, it is no more I that doe it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.
22For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:
Cross References
Psalms 19:12Who can vnderstand his faultes? clense me from secret fautes.
Psalms 65:3Wicked deedes haue preuailed against me: but thou wilt be mercifull vnto our transgressions.
Psalms 119:133Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Zechariah 3:1And he shewed mee Iehoshua the hie Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan stoode at his right hand to resist him.
John 8:34Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.
Romans 6:14For sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you: for ye are not vnder ye Lawe, but vnder 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 →