Romans 7:16

But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

In Context

15I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.

17This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

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Cross References

Romans 7:14We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly — sold into slavery to Sin.

1 Timothy 1:8We know, of course, that the Law is excellent, when used legitimately,

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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