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Romans 7:15-17
New English Translation
Romans 7:15-17
New English Translation
15 For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want—instead, I do what I hate.[a] 16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.[b] 17 But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.
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- Romans 7:15 tn Grk “but what I hate, this I do.”
- Romans 7:16 tn Grk “I agree with the law that it is good.”
Romans 7:15-17
New International Version
Romans 7:15-17
New International Version
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(A) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(B) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(C)
Romans 7:15-17
English Standard Version
Romans 7:15-17
English Standard Version
15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (A)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (B)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (C)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
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Romans 7:15-17
King James Version
Romans 7:15-17
King James Version
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
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