Romans 7:15

Paul finds himself doing what he hates rather than what he wants, baffled by his own actions. This describes the frustrating power of indwelling sin.

Cross-references · 31

• Gal 5:17For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
• Rom 7:19–20For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
• Eccl 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Nah 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
• Jas 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
• Phil 3:12–14Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
• 1 Jn 1:7–8But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
• Ps 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
• Rom 14:22Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
• 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• Prov 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Ps 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• Rom 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
• Heb 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
• Ps 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
• Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
• Ps 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
• Ps 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
• 1 Kgs 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
• Ps 119:128Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
• Prov 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
• Ps 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
• Ps 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
• Ps 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
• Ps 119:1–6Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
• Ps 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
• Luke 11:48So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
• Ps 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

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