Romans 7:19

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Romans 7:19

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

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KJV

King James Version

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

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WEB

World English Bible

For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For [the] good that I desire I do not do, but [the] evil that I do not desire, this I practice.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 7

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.

²¹ So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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