Romans 7:16
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If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

I consent.

Romans 7:12,14,22 Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good. . . .

Psalm 119:127,128 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz. . . .

Context
Struggling with Sin
15For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will: but the evil which I hate, that I do. 16If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good. 17Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.…
Cross References
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law indeed is holy: and the commandment holy and just and good.

1 Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.

Lexicon
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I do
ποιῶ (poiō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

what
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I do not desire,
θέλω (thelō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

I admit
σύμφημι (symphēmi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4852: To assent to, consent, confess, agree with. From sun and phemi; to say jointly, i.e. Assent to.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law
νόμῳ (nomō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

[is] good.
καλός (kalos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.


Additional Translations
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

Now if that which I do not want, this I do, I consent to the Law, that it is good.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

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

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

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

If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,

But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,
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