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16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.[a] 17 But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me. 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:16 tn Grk “I agree with the law that it is good.”
  2. Romans 7:18 tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

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