Romans 7:20
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.
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.
22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
- WEB
- But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
- ASV
- But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
- DARBY
- But if what *I* do not will, this I practise, [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
- BLB
- Now if what I do not want, this I do, no longer do I carry it out, but sin dwelling in me.
- ÅB
- Men om jeg gjør det som jeg ikke vil, så er det ikke lenger jeg som gjør det, men synden som bor i meg.
- OTB
- Nå, hvis jeg gjør det jeg ikke vil gjøre, er det ikke lenger jeg som gjør det, men synden som bor i meg som gjør det.
- B1930
- Men gjør jeg det som jeg ikke vil, da 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 7:17
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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