Scripture · New Testament
Romans 7:19
Romans 7:19 is verse 19 of Romans chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
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.
Read in context
Romans 7:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
Read all of Romans 7Greek words
οὐNotγὰρforὃthatθέλωI desireποιῶI doἀγαθόν,good,ἀλλ᾽butὃthatοὐnotθέλωI do wantκακὸνevilτοῦτοthisπράσσω.I practice.
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