Romans 7:18
I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me:
19For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
Job 25:4How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?
Psalms 119:5Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
Psalms 119:40Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
Psalms 119:173Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
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 →