Romans 7:20

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Romans 7:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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WEB

World English Bible

But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now if what I do not desire, this I do, no longer do I carry it out, but sin dwelling in me.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 7

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.

²² For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

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