Romans 7:16

16 But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

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 into slavery to sin}.

15 For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.

16 But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

17 But now I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

18 For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.