◄ Romans 7:16 ►
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Good News Translation
Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right.

New Revised Standard Version
Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.

Contemporary English Version
Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good.

New American Bible
Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

I consent.

Romans 7:12,14,22 Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good. . . .

Psalm 119:127,128 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz. . . .

Context
Struggling with Sin
…15For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will: but the evil which I hate, that I do. 16If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good. 17Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.…
Cross References
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good.

1 Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.

Romans 7:15
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