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Romans 7:21

I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.

Darby Translation

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 what *I* do not will, this I practise, [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:

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Cross References

Psalms 19:12Who understandeth [his] errors? Purify me from secret [faults].

Psalms 65:3Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Psalms 119:133Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Zechariah 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

John 8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under 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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