Verse 18
Romans 7:18
Geneva Bible
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For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to wil is preset with me: but I find no meanes to perform that which is good.
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
Knowe yee not, brethren, (for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe) that the Lawe hath dominion ouer...
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For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but...
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So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if t...
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So yee, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by ye body of Christ, that ye should be vnto an other,...
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For when we were in ye flesh, the affections of sinnes, which were by the Law, had force in our memb...
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But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue i...
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What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God (Elohim) forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the L...
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But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for wi...
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For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
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But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto dea...
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For sinne tooke occasion by the commandement, and deceiued me, and thereby slewe me.
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Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.
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Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God (Elohim) forbid: but sinne, that it might appea...
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For we knowe that the Law is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.
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For I alow not that which I do: for what I would, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.
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If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.
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Nowe then, it is no more I, that doe it, but sinne that dwelleth in me.
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For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to wil is preset with me:...
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For I doe not the good thing, which I would, but the euil, which I would not, that do I.
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Nowe if I do that I would not, it is no more I that doe it, but the sinne that dwelleth in me.
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I finde then that when I would doe good, I am thus yoked, that euill is present with me.
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For I delite in the Law of God (Elohim), concerning the inner man:
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But I see another Law in my members, rebelling against the Lawe of my minde, and leading me captiue...
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O wretched man that I am, who shall deliuer me from the body of this death!
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I thanke God (Elohim) through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then I my selfe in my minde serue the Lawe of G...
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