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Romans 7:19–20

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19For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.v 20Now 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.w

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  1. vver 15
  2. wver 17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do. Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me.

NLTNew Living Translation

I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want to do, this I do. 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.