Romans 7:16 “And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.”

Romans 7:16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

American Standard Version

But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Geneva Bible 1599

If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.

Darby Translation

But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

Young's Literal Translation

And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,

Bible in Basic English

But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

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In context

15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

17In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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