Romans 7:15
for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.
Young's Literal Translation
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
14for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
16And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,
Cross References
Psalms 1:6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
Psalms 36:4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
Psalms 97:10Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.
Psalms 119:1[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Psalms 119:40Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Psalms 119:113[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
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 →