"If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that {it is} good." — Romans 7:16

Romans 7:16 · KJV

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

— Romans 7:16

Verse 15

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know}

Verse 17

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

Romans 7 — Context

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know}

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

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.

Cross References

Romans 7:12

Wherefore the law {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

1 Timothy 1:8

But we know that the law {is} good, if a man use it lawfully;

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Psalms 119:127-128

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.