sumphemi expresses personal assent to the law's goodness when one's actions oppose one's own desire.

The attested use expresses a speaker's assent that the law is good while describing actions the speaker does not want to do.

1. Assenting to the law's goodness · dominant

   In Romans 7:16, the first-person present active indicative form occurs in the statement that doing what the speaker does not want entails assent that the law is good; the APB renders the clause, "I agree that the law is good."

   Romans 7:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 7:16, the APB presents the clause as "I agree that the law is good." This rendering confirms the clause's overall assertion rather than isolating each element mechanically.