I consent unto the law (συνφημ τω νομω). Old verb, here only in N.T., with associative instrumental case. "I speak with." My wanti…

I consent unto the law. The very struggle with evil shows that it is not loved, or approved, but that the law which condemns it is really …

But the fact that I desire to do what is right is itself a witness to the excellence of the Law, which commands that which I desire.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

If I do that which my will and conscience rebel agains…

At the outset Paul wants it understood that he is not depreciating the law, for it is “spiritual” (GK 4461)—that is, emanating from God (vv.22, 25)…

But if what I do not desire, I do, I consent to the law, etc.; that is, “When my heart accepts the law and is delighted with its …

If then I do that which I would not
This is a corollary, or an inference from what he had related of his own experie…

Compared with the holy rule of conduct in the law of God, the apostle found himself so very far short of perfection that he seemed to be carnal, li…

1. After showing that the law is neither evil nor the cause of an evil effect, the Apostle now proves that the law is good.

   In this r…