Romans 7:21

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

In Context

20But if I do that which I desire not to do, it can no longer be said that it is I who do it, but the sin which has its home within me does it.

22For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;

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Cross References

John 8:34"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

Romans 6:14For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of 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 →

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