Romans 7:19
17 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.
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
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.
21 So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
- KJV
- For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
- WEB
- For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
- ASV
- For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
- DARBY
- For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.
- BLB
- For the good that I want, I do not do; but the evil that I do not want, this I practice.
- ÅB
- For jeg gjør ikke det gode som jeg vil, men det onde som jeg ikke vil, det gjør jeg.
- OTB
- For jeg unnlater å gjøre det gode jeg ønsker å gjøre, men i stedet fortsetter jeg å gjøre det onde jeg ikke ønsker å gjøre.
- B1930
- for jeg gjør ikke det gode som jeg vil, men det onde som jeg ikke vil, det gjør jeg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 7:15
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
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