Romans
King James Version (KJV)


“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”
King James Version (KJV)
7:17 It is no more I that can properly be said to do it, but rather sin that dwelleth in me - That makes, as it were, another person, and tyrannizes over me.
7:18 In my flesh - The flesh here signifies the whole man as he is by nature.
7:21 I find then a law - An inward constraining power, flowing from the dictate of corrupt nature.
Ro 7:19 The good that I would I do not. This verse proves the statement of Ro 7:18. It is the strongest expression of sinfulness yet made. What could better demonstrate the bondage to sin? Yet how true to human experience!
For the good that I would, I do not: but the euill which I would not, that I doe.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English 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.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.
- Darby Bible
For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
- English Revised Version
For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.
- World English Bible