Romans 7:19 “For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the ev…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For I doe not the good thing, which I would, but the euil, which I would not, that do I.

Darby Translation

For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

Young's Literal Translation

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

Bible in Basic English

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

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In context

18I 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.

20And 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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