Romans 7:20–21

My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

21–23 It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up.

Romans 7:20–21 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)

20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Romans 7:20–21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

Romans 7:20–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Romans 7:20–21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.

21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.

Romans 7:20–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.

Romans 7:20–21 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 So if I do things I do not want to do, then I am not the one doing them. It is sin living in me that does those things.

21 So I have learned this rule: When I want to do good, evil is there with me.

Romans 7:20–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. 21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

Romans 7:20–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 But if what I do not will, this I practise, it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.

Romans 7:20–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 Now, when I do what I don’t want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it. Sin that lives in me is doing it.

21 So I’ve discovered this truth: Evil is present with me even when I want to do what God’s standards say is good.

Romans 7:20–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but it is the sin that lives in me. 21 So I discover this principle: When I want to do what is good, evil is with me.

Romans 7:20–21 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that, when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.

Romans 7:20–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 But if what I do not want to do, this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

21 Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

Romans 7:20–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 I do what I don’t want to do. But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in me.

21 Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Romans 7:20–21 — New American Standard Bible (1995) (NASB95)

20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

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