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Romans 7:16
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14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, asold under sin.  
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. aFor what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.  
16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
18 For I know that ain me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.  
19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.
20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
22 For I adelight in the law of God according to bthe inward man.  
23 But aI see another law in bmy members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  
Verse Comparison: Romans 7:16

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American Standard Version
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Amplified® Bible
Now if I do [habitually] what is contrary to my desire, [that means that] I acknowledge {and} agree that the Law is good (morally excellent) {and} that I take sides with it.

Contemporary English Version
Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good.

Darby English Version
But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

Good News Bible
Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right.

International Standard Version
Now if I do what I don't want to do, I agree that the law is good.

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

New American Standard Bible
But if I do the very thing I do not want {to do,} I agree with the Law, {confessing} that the Law is good.

New International Version
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

New King James Version
If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law has inherent goodness.

Young's Literal Translation
And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that `it is' good,


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