Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
KJV
εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω τοῦτο ποιῶ, σύμφημι τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός.
Greek NT
Si autem quod nolo, illud facio : consentio legi, quoniam bona est.
Vulgate
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
ASV
If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σύμφημι
sumphemi
verb · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1963According to Christian tradition, the Law is holy, spiritual, and good,14 yet still imperfect. Like a tutor15 it shows what must be done, but does not of itself give the strength, the grace of the Spirit, to fulfill it. Because of sin, which it cannot remove, it remains a law of bondage. According to St. Paul, its special function is to denounce and disclose sin, which constitu…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210213.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 1:8 — But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
- 1Tim 1:8 — But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
- Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- Ps 119:47 — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- Ps 119:140 — Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- Rom 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
- Rom 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
- Rom 7:14 — For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
- Rom 7:15 — For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.