Romans 7:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But if I’m doing the thing that I don’t want to do, I’m agreeing that the Law is right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Romans 7:16 Cross References

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,

1 Timothy 1:8

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately;