Romans 7:16

16 And if I do not want to do the hated things I do, that means I agree that the law 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 We know that the law is spiritual, but I am not spiritual since sin rules me as if I were its slave.

15 I do not understand the things I do. I do not do what I want to do, and I do the things I hate.

16 And if I do not want to do the hated things I do, that means I agree that the law is good.

17 But I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them.

18 Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me -- I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is earthly and sinful. I want to do the things that are good, but I do not do them.