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OET (OET-LV) But if what not I_am_wanting, this I_am_practicing, I_am_agreeing_with to_the law that it_is good.
OET (OET-RV) So if I do something that I didn’t want to do, then I’m agreeing with the Law that it’s good,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
εἰ & ὃ οὐ θέλω
if & what not ˱I˲_/am/_wanting
Paul is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you can translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “since what I do not want”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
ὃ οὐ θέλω, τοῦτο ποιῶ
what not ˱I˲_/am/_wanting this ˱I˲_/am/_practicing
See how you translated the similar phrase in the previous verse.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
σύνφημι τῷ νόμῳ, ὅτι καλός
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω τοῦτο ποιῶ σύμφημι τῷ νόμῳ ὅτι καλός)
Here Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: “I agree with the law and thus confess that it is good”
7:7-25 Well then (see study note on 6:1): Paul has just said some rather negative things about the law, and he now explains how God’s law is good in order to guard against any notion that it is evil in itself.
OET (OET-LV) But if what not I_am_wanting, this I_am_practicing, I_am_agreeing_with to_the law that it_is good.
OET (OET-RV) So if I do something that I didn’t want to do, then I’m agreeing with the Law that it’s good,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.