Verse 18
Romans 7:18
King James 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
how to perform that which is good I find 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
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But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in...
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What shall we say then?
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But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without...
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For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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And the commandment, which
was ordained to life, I found
to be unto death.
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For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew
me.
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12
Wherefore the law
is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
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Was then that which is good made death unto me? God (Elohim) forbid. But sin, that it might appear s...
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For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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15
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
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If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that
it is good.
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Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin 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 will is present with me...
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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
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I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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For I delight in the law of God (Elohim) after the inward man:
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But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captiv...
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O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
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I thank God (Elohim) through Yashua (Jesus) Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve th...
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