Romans 7:20
18 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.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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- 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
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
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