The Law and Sin
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Rom 7:19
I do not... We see that flesh does not desire to do good, only evil. I feel Paul is making a point that we must stay away from the influence of the flesh.
As support for this conclusion Paul explained, For I have the desire to do what is good (“For to wish is present with me” [or “is lying beside me”]), but I cannot carry it out (lit., “but to produce the good is not”). Paul then repeated in slightly different words the statement of Rom. 7:15, and then in Rom. 7:20 he repeated in effect his statement in Rom. 7:17.
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