Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
If then I doe that which I would not, I consent vnto the Law, that it is good.
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- Romans 7:12Rank 1 from verse 16
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- Psalms 119:127–128Rank 4 from verse 16
127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
127*Therefore I loue thy Commandements: aboue gold, yea aboue fine gold.
128Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: and I hate euery false way.
- Romans 7:22Rank 5 from verse 16
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Romans 7:16
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. To agree, assent, or give permission. 2. Agreement or assent; in ‘with one consent,’ common agreement.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
15For that which I do, I †allow not: for what I would, that do I not, but what I hate, that doe I.
16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
16If then I doe that which I would not, I consent vnto the Law, that it is good.
Selected passage17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
17Now then, it is no more I that doe it: but sinne that dwelleth in me.