Romans 7:16
Romans 7:14-16 The Message (MSG)
I can anticipate the response that is coming: “I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?” Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve spent a long time in sin’s prison. What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.
Romans 7:16 King James Version (KJV)
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans 7:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.
Romans 7:16 New Century Version (NCV)
And if I do not want to do the hated things I do, that means I agree that the law is good.
Romans 7:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Romans 7:16 New International Version (NIV)
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
Romans 7:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
Romans 7:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent).
Romans 7:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.