But the evil which I would not (αλλα ο ου θελω κακον). Incorporation of the antecedent into the relative clause, "what evil I do n…

For the good, etc. This is substantially a repetition of what is said in Romans 7:15. The repetition shows how full the mind of the apostl…

It is enthralled, and the will is powerless. What I do and what I will are opposite things. It is therefore sin that acts, and not I.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I fin…

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)…

The same view is to be taken of the expression that follows—that he did not the good which he desired, but, on the contrary, …

For the good that I would, I do not
The apostle here repeats what he had delivered in (Romans 7:15[Refer…

The purer and holier the heart is, the more keenly it will perceive the sin that remains in it. The believer sees more of the beauty of holine and …

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…