Passage

Wanting good, finding evil present

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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²¹I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

Romans 7:21World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer describes wanting to do good and finding evil present in himself.

To understand

The preceding line describes doing what he does not want. The following one describes delight in God’s law in the inward person. Desire, action and inner delight all appear in the account.

A question

How does the statement about inner delight complicate the account of unwanted actions?