Romans 7:16

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

Romans 7:16 in Other Translations

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.

16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.

16 So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary.

16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

16 I don't do what I want to do, but I agree that God's standards are good.

16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

16 I do what I don't want to do. So 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 unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

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

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 12