Romans 7:12-16

The Law and Sin

¹² So _v the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

¹³ Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. ¹⁴ For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, _w sold under sin. ¹⁵ For I do not understand my own actions. For _x I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ¹⁶ Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with _y the law, that it is good.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 19:8 - 9
   The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
   Psalms 119:137
   Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.
   2 Peter 2:21
   For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
   Romans 7:16
   Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Kings 21:20
   Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.
   1 Kings 21:25
   ( There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
   2 Kings 17:17
   And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
   Isaiah 50:1
   Thus says the Lord : "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
   Isaiah 52:3
   For thus says the Lord : "You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 7:18 - 19
   For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
   Galatians 5:17
   For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Timothy 1:8
   Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully.
   Romans 7:12
   So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.