Romans 7:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.^[a]^(A) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 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.^(B) 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.^(C)

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Romans 7:18 Or my flesh

Romans 7:18-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my ^(A)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. ¹⁹For ^(B)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. ²⁰But if I do the very thing I do not want, ^(C)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

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Romans 7:18-20

New King James Version

¹⁸For I know that ^(A)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. ¹⁹For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. ²⁰Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.