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Romans 7:16
Romans 7:16 is verse 16 of Romans chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
King James Version
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
World English Bible
But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
Read in context
Romans 7:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
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 admit that the law is good.
17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Psalms 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.