Romans 7:19 (WEB)
For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
Fathers and councils · 6
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12Conference XX
“For which also the same man exclaims with a sigh “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 19, 24.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.13Conference XXIII
“…which I hate, that I do;” and: “I see another law in my members resisting the law of my mind and bringing me captive to the law of sin which is in my members.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 19.
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Jerome
“Yet they are the words of one who in his own person admitted the weakness of the human body, saying: “The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not that I do.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 19.
Read the whole comment“For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do;” and once more: “they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 24, 18, 19.
Read the whole comment“So likewise the apostle: “I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity”; and again, “The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not that I do.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“I would not do them, I am forced, I am compelled, I am overcome, “I do the things that I would not,” as the Apostle says.” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 19.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.