Romans 7:21 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 7:21

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

KJV

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ASV

I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

WEB

So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

YLT

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

DBT

I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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23 verses on the floor

Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Ephesians 6:11–13
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 6:12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

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Fain he would be free from all sin, and perfectly do the will of God, such was his settled judgment; but his corrupt nature drew him another way: it was like a clog, that checked and kept him down when he would have soared upward, like the bias in a bowl, which, when it is thrown straight, yet draws it aside.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ROM 7:21ROM 8:2 ROM 6:14
ROM 7:21ROM 8:2 2CO 3:17
ROM 7:21ROM 6:14 ROM 8:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ROM 7:21ROM 8:2 ROM 6:18
ROM 7:21ROM 8:2 2CO 3:6
ROM 7:21ROM 8:2 ROM 8:10-11
ROM 7:21ROM 6:14 GAL 5:18
ROM 7:21ROM 7:23 GAL 5:17

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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