Romans 7:16

16 Yf I do now that which I wolde not I graute to the lawe 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 knowe that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall solde vnder synne

15 because I wote not what I doo. For what I wold that do I not: but what I hate that do I.

16 Yf I do now that which I wolde not I graute to the lawe that it is good.

17 So then nowe it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me.

18 For I knowe that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) dwelleth no good thinge. To will is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good.