Romans 7:19

For I do not perform the good, which I would perform; but the bad, which I would not perform, that I do perform.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

18For I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh,) good dwelleth not: because, to approve the good, is easy for me; but to do it, I am unable.

20And if I do what I would not, it is not I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

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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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