Verse 16
Romans 7:16
Free Bible Version
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But if I'm saying that I do what I don't want to, this shows that I admit the law is good and right.
Original Language Text
greek
εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω τοῦτο ποιῶ, σύμφημι τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός.
English Translation
But if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
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Brothers and sisters (I'm speaking here to people who know the law), don't you see that the law has...
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For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, sh...
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So if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery. Howev...
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In the same way, my friends, you've become dead to the law through the body of Christ, and so now yo...
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While we were controlled by old nature, our sinful desires (as revealed by the law) were at work wit...
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But now we've been set free from the law, and have died to what kept us in chains, so that we can se...
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So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn't have known what sin was unles...
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But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for witho...
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I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications o...
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I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,
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because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!
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However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
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Now would something that is good kill me? Of course not! But sin shows itself to be sin by using goo...
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We realize that the law is spiritual; but I'm all-too-human, a slave to sin.
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I really don't understand what I'm doing. I do the things I don't want to do, and what I hate doing,...
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But if I'm saying that I do what I don't want to, this shows that I admit the law is good and right.
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So it's no longer me who does this, but sin living in me—
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for I know that there's nothing good in me as far as my sinful human nature is concerned. Even thoug...
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The good I want to do, I don't do; while the evil I don't want to do, that's what I end up doing!
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However, if I'm doing what I don't want to, then it's no longer me doing it, but sin living in me.
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This is the principle I've discovered: if I want to do what's good, evil is always there too.
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My inner self is delighted with God (Elohim)'s law,
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but I see a different law at work within me that is at war with the law my mind has decided to follo...
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I'm totally miserable! Who will rescue me from this body that's causing my death? Thank God (Elohim)...
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Here's the situation: while I myself choose with my mind to obey God (Elohim)'s law, my human nature...
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