Romanos 7:16

16 Y si lo que no quiero, esto hago, apruebo que la ley es buena.

Romanos 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.

Romanos 7:16 In-Context

14 Porque sabemos que la ley es espiritual; mas yo soy carnal, vendido á sujeción del pecado.

15 Porque lo que hago, no lo entiendo; ni lo que quiero, hago; antes lo que aborrezco, aquello hago.

16 Y si lo que no quiero, esto hago, apruebo que la ley es buena.

17 De manera que ya no obro aquello, sino el pecado que mora en mí.

18 Y yo sé que en mí (es á saber, en mi carne) no mora el bien: porque tengo el querer, mas efectuar el bien no lo alcanzo.