Romans 7:19 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 7:19

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

KJV

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ASV

For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

WEB

For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

YLT

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

DBT

For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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Romans 7:15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Philippians 3:12
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Romans 7:18
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.
1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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Fain he would be free from all sin, and perfectly do the will of God, such was his settled judgment; but his corrupt nature drew him another way: it was like a clog, that checked and kept him down when he would have soared upward, like the bias in a bowl, which, when it is thrown straight, yet draws it aside.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), not as an excuse for the guilt of his sin (it is enough to condemn us, if we were under the law, that the sin which does the evil dwelleth in us), but as a salvo for his evidences, that he might not sink in despair, but take comfort from the covenant of grace, which accepts the willingness of the spirit, and has provided pardon for the weakness of the flesh.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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