Romans 7:21

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Romans 7:21

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

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WEB

World English Bible

I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

I find, then, the law in my desiring to do good, that evil is present with me.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 7

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.

²³ But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

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