Romans 7:16

16 Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law 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 We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a mortal, sold as a slave to sin.

15 I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.

16 Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right.

17 So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me.

18 I know that good does not live in me - that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.