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 lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
• Rom 7:19–20For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
• Eccl 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.
• Nah 1:7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
• Jas 3:2For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
• Phil 3:12–14Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
• 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 Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
• Rom 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
• Jude 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
• Ps 19:12Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
• Rom 14:22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
• 2 Tim 2:19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
• Prov 8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
• Ps 1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Rom 7:16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
• Heb 1:9You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
• Ps 101:3I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
• Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
• Ps 65:3Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
• Ps 119:113I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
• 1 Kgs 8:46If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
• Ps 119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
• Prov 13:5A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
• Ps 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
• Ps 119:32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY
• Ps 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW
• Ps 119:1–6ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
• Ps 97:10You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
• Luke 11:48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
• Ps 36:4He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

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