Verse 20
Romans 7:20
Bible in Basic English
20
But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
Original Language Text
greek
εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ ⸀θέλω τοῦτο ποιῶ, οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ ἀλλὰ ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτία.
English Translation
But if what I do not want, this I do, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin dwelling in me is doing it.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
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For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is...
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So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who i...
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In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you...
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For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working...
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But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we...
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What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but fo...
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But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form o...
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And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came t...
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And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
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For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.
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But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
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Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to b...
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For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of s...
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And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but...
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But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
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So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
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For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not...
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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...
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But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.
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So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
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In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God (Elohim),
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But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of t...
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How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
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I give praise to God (Elohim) through Yashua (Jesus) Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant...
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