Romans 7:16
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And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
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If then I do that which I would not--"But if what I would not that I do," I consent unto the law that it is good--"the judgment of my inner man going along with the law."
Open source ↗We may observe in this chapter, I. Our freedom from the law further urged as an argument to press upon us sanctification (Rom 7:1-6). II. The excellency and usefulness of the law asserted and proved from the apostle's own experience, notwithstanding (Rom 7:7-14). III. A description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart (Rom 7:14, Rom 7:15, to the end).
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So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.