Romans 7:16

16 But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

Romans 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:16

If then I do that which I would not
This is a corollary, or an inference from what he had related of his own experience; that since what he did, though it was contrary to the law of God, yet was what he did not will nor allow of, but hated, it must be a clear point, that he

consented to the law, that it was good;
lovely and amiable; that it forbad those things which were hateful, and commanded those things which were desirable to a good man; and so is acknowledged to be a very beautiful rule of obedience, walk, and conversation.

Romans 7:16 In-Context

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.

16 But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

17 Now then [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [I find] not.