Romans 7:19

19 For I doo not yt good thinge which I wold: but that evill do I which I wolde not.

Romans 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:19

For the good that I would, I do not
The apostle here repeats what he had delivered in ( Romans 7:15 Romans 7:16 ) to strengthen and confirm this part of his experience; that though he had a will to that which was good, yet he wanted power, and had none of himself to perform; and therefore often did what he would not, and what he would he did not.

Romans 7:19 In-Context

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.

19 For I doo not yt good thinge which I wold: but that evill do I which I wolde not.

20 Finally yf I do that I wolde not then is it not I that doo it but synne that dwelleth in me doeth it.

21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good evyll is present with me.