16But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.


In Context

13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

15 For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

16 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Romans 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.