Romans 7:18
for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
17and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,
19for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Job 14:4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Job 25:4And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Psalms 119:40Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Psalms 119:173Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
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 →