Romans 7:15-17

The Law and 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. ¹⁷ So now _z it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 7:20
   Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.