Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.
Webster Bible
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
15For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.
Romans 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
1 Timothy 1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man useth it lawfully;
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 →