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Romans 7:15

SinSpiritual warfareSelf-controlGuilt and conscience

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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BSB
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
KJV
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
WEB
For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
ASV
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
DARBY
For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.
BLB
For what I carry out, I do not understand. For what I want, this I do not practice; but what I hate, this I do.
ÅB
For jeg vet ikke hva jeg gjør: jeg gjør ikke det som jeg vil, men det som jeg hater, det gjør jeg.
OTB
Jeg er forvirret av mine handlinger. For jeg gjør ikke det jeg vil gjøre, men heller det jeg avskyr.
B1930
for hvad jeg gjør, vet jeg ikke; for jeg gjør ikke det som jeg vil; men det som jeg hater, det gjør jeg.

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