Romans 7:17
15 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.
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
- KJV
- Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
- WEB
- So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
- ASV
- So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
- DARBY
- Now then [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
- BLB
- But now I no longer carry it out, but the sin dwelling in me.
- ÅB
- Men nå er det ikke lenger jeg som gjør det, men synden, som bor i meg.
- OTB
- Som det står, er det ikke lenger jeg som handler, men synden som bor i meg.
- B1930
- men nu er det ikke mere jeg som gjør det, men synden, som bor i mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 7:20
And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Read in contextRomans 7:18
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8–9
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Read in contextJames 4:5–6
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Read in contextRomans 4:7–8
“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Read in contextRomans 7:23
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
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