Verse 18

Romans 7:18

English Revised Version

18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
Original Language Text
greek
οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἐμοί, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ἀγαθόν· τὸ γὰρ θέλειν παράκειταί μοι, τὸ δὲ κατεργάζεσθαι τὸ καλὸν ⸀οὔ·
English Translation
For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1 Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men that know the law), how that the law hath dominion... Focus ↗
2 For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband... Focus ↗
3 So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteres... Focus ↗
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should... Focus ↗
5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our membe... Focus ↗
6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were holden; so that we... Focus ↗
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God (Elohim) forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except th... Focus ↗
8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart f... Focus ↗
9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; Focus ↗
10 and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death: Focus ↗
11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. Focus ↗
12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. Focus ↗
13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God (Elohim) forbid. But sin, that it might be she... Focus ↗
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Focus ↗
15 For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do... Focus ↗
16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good. Focus ↗
17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. Focus ↗
18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me,...
19 For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. Focus ↗
20 But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. Focus ↗
21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present. Focus ↗
22 For I delight in the law of God (Elohim) after the inward man: Focus ↗
23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into ca... Focus ↗
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death? Focus ↗
25 I thank God (Elohim) through Yashua (Jesus) Christ our Lord. So then I myself with the mind serve th... Focus ↗