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Romans 7:17
Romans 7:17 is verse 17 of Romans chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
World English Bible
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
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Romans 7:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 7:20And 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.
Romans 4:7“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Romans 4:8Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
Romans 7:18I 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.
Romans 7:23But 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.
James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”