Romans 7:16-17

“ If then I do that which I would not, I consent with the law that it is good. And now it is no more I that perform it, but sin that dwelleth in me. ”

These two verses draw the conclusion from the fact mentioned Romans 7:15, a conclusion which is the reaffirmation of the thesis laid down in Romans 7:14.

The reprobation with which Paul's conscience visits his own work, is a solemn homage rendered by him to the law, for thereby he takes part with the law against himself. The preposition σύν, with, in the verb σύμφημι, I give testimony, I applaud with, can only bear on the regimen τῷ νομῷ, the law: “I declare, in concert with the law, that the contents of the law are good.” It is the reproduction of the assertion: “We know that the law is spiritual.”