Verse 20

Romans 7:20

Geneva Bible

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