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Romans 7:19-20 KJV
Romans · chapter 7 · verses 19–20
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.Romans 7:19-20 · King James Version
Romans 7:19-20 in context
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18For 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.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethoikeōto dwell inG3611 →
- goodagathosof good constitution or nature, useful, salutary, good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful…G18 →
- evilkakosof a bad nature, not such as it ought to be, of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting…G2556 →
- sinhamartiaequivalent to 264, to be without a share in, to miss the mark, to err, be mistaken, to…G266 →
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Here is a description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. And it is applicable two ways: - 1. To the struggles that are in a convinced soul, but yet unregenerate, in the person of whom it is supposed, by some, that Paul speaks. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-25