Romans 7:15
For I understand not that that I work; for I do not the good thing that I will, (or for I do not do the good thing that I desire to do), but I do that evil thing that I hate.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
In Context
14And we know, that the law is spiritual; but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For the Lord knoweth the way of just men [or For the Lord hath known the way of the rightwise]; and the way of wicked men shall perish. (For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.)
Psalms 36:4He thought wickedness in his bed; he stood nigh (to) all way (s) (that be) not good; forsooth he hated not malice.
Psalms 97:10Ye that love the Lord, hate evil, (or Ye who love the Lord, hate evil); the Lord keepeth (safe) the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the sinner.
Psalms 119:1Alleluia. [Aleph.] Blessed be men without wem in the way; that go in the law of the Lord. ( Alleluia. Happy be they whose lives be without blemish, or without fault; who walk in the Law of the Lord.)
Psalms 119:40Lo! I coveted thy commandments; quicken thou me in thine equity. (Behold! I desired (to obey) thy precepts; grant thou me life in thy righteousness.)
Psalms 119:113[Samech.] I hated wicked men; and I loved thy law. (I hate the wicked; but I love thy Law.)
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 →