Romans 7:21

So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

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Cross References

Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Psalms 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.

Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you 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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