Romans 7:18

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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.

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.

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.

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.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

Surrounding context — Romans 7

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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.

20 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.

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John 3:6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.Psalm 51:5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Galatians 5:17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.Psalm 119:115-117Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.Romans 7:25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.Job 14:4Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.Job 15:14-16What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?Genesis 6:5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.Philippians 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,Romans 8:3-13For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:Romans 7:19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.Ephesians 2:1-5And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;Romans 7:15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.Philippians 3:12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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