Romans 7:19

19 For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

Romans 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:19

For the good that I would, I do not
The apostle here repeats what he had delivered in ( Romans 7:15 Romans 7:16 ) to strengthen and confirm this part of his experience; that though he had a will to that which was good, yet he wanted power, and had none of himself to perform; and therefore often did what he would not, and what he would he did not.

Romans 7:19 In-Context

17 So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

18 For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

19 For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

20 But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

21 So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.