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Verse	Translation	Text
Ro 7:16	King James	If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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."

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I consent unto the law - The very struggle with evil shows that it is not loved, or approved, but that the Law which condemns it is really loved. Christians may here find a test of their piety. The fact of struggling against evil, the desire to be free from it, and to overcome it, the anxiety and grief which it causes, is an evidence that we do not love it, and that there. fore we are the friends of God. Perhaps nothing can be a more decisive test of piety than a long-continued and painful struggle against evil passions and desires in every form, and a panting of the soul to be delivered from the power and dominion of sin.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

I consent unto the law - The very struggle with evil shows that it is not loved, or approved, but that the Law which condemns it is really loved. Christians may here find a test of their piety. The fact of struggling against evil, the desire to be free from it, and to overcome it, the anxiety and grief which it causes, is an evidence that we do not love it, and that there. fore we are the friends of God. Perhaps nothing can be a more decisive test of piety than a long-continued and painful struggle against evil passions and desires in every form, and a panting of the soul to be delivered from the power and dominion of sin.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
I consent (σύμφημι) Lit., speak together with; concur with, since the law also does not desire what I do. Only here in the New Testament. Good (καλός) See on Joh 10:11, Joh 10:32; see on Mat 26:10; see on Jam 2:7. Morally excellent.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

I consent (σύμφημι)

Lit., speak together with; concur with, since the law also does not desire what I do. Only here in the New Testament.

Good (καλός)

See on Joh 10:11, Joh 10:32; see on Mat 26:10; see on Jam 2:7. Morally excellent.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
It is good - This single word implies all the three that were used before, Rom 7:12, "holy, just, and good."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

It is good - This single word implies all the three that were used before, Rom 7:12, "holy, just, and good."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
If then I do that which I would not, etc. - Knowing that the law condemns it, and that therefore it must be evil. I consent unto the law; I show by this circumstance that I acknowledge the law to be good.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

If then I do that which I would not, etc. - Knowing that the law condemns it, and that therefore it must be evil. I consent unto the law; I show by this circumstance that I acknowledge the law to be good.

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