15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. …
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-25)Here is a description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, between the law of God and the law of sin. And it is applicable two ways:—1. To the struggles that are in a convinced soul, but yet unregenerate, in the person of whom it is supposed, by some, that Paul speaks. 2. To the struggles that are in a renewed sanctified soul, but yet in a state of imperfection; as other appr…
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