Romans 7:18
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
- WEB
- For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
- ASV
- For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not.
- DARBY
- For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [I find] not.
- BLB
- For I know that there does not dwell in me—that is, in my flesh—good. For to want is present with me, but not to carry out the good.
- ÅB
- For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i kjøttet mitt, bor det ingen ting godt. For selv om jeg har viljen, makter jeg ikke å fullføre det gode.
- OTB
- For jeg vet at det gode i seg selv ikke bor i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød. For jeg har ønsket om å gjøre det som er godt, men jeg kan ikke utføre det.
- B1930
- For jeg vet at i mig, det er i mitt kjød, bor intet godt; for viljen har jeg, men å gjøre det gode makter jeg ikke;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Read in contextPsalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Read in contextGalatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Read in contextPsalms 119:115–117
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Read in contextRomans 7:25
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Read in contextJob 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Read in contextJob 15:14–16
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextGalatians 5:24
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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