Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 7:18-19

"For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not. For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise." — Romans 7:18-19 (ASV)

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 find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

Oh, how often have men, who have been struggling for holiness, had to use these words of the apostle! The more holy they become, the more they realize that there is still something better beyond them, for which they struggle, but to which they cannot yet attain; so they still cry, "The good that we would we do not: but the evil which we would not, that we do."