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For the good which I desire, I don`t do; but the evil which I don`t desire, that I practice.
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A Sign of Spiritual Life
Commentators like Spurgeon and Matthew Henry explain that this internal conflict isn't a sign of failure, but of spiritual life. The more a believer grows in holiness and desires to do good, the more acutely they feel the pull of their sinful nature. This struggle is a common experience for all Christians striving to follow God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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.
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Baptist
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me: but how to perform that which is good I f…
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)…
16th Century
Protestant
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, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 holiness an…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
