Romans 7:21
I find therefore a law coinciding with my conscience, which assenteth to my doing good, whereas evil is near to me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
In Context
20And if I do what I would not, it is not I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
22For I rejoice in the law of God, in the interior man.
Cross References
John 8:34Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, That whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
Romans 6:14And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under 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 →