Romans 7:18

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For I know that there does not dwell in me—that is, in my flesh—good. For to desire is present with me, but not to carry out the good.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 7

¹⁶ And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

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.

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.

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.

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