Romans 7:17,24-25
Romans 7:17-20 The Message (MSG)
But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.
Romans 7:24-25 The Message (MSG)
I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question? The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.
Romans 7:17 King James Version (KJV)
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:24-25 King James Version (KJV)
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
Romans 7:24-25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 New Century Version (NCV)
But I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them.
Romans 7:24-25 New Century Version (NCV)
What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death? I thank God for saving me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful self I am a slave to the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:24-25 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 New International Version (NIV)
As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
Romans 7:24-25 New International Version (NIV)
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
Romans 7:24-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So now [if that is the case, then] it is no longer I who do it [the disobedient thing which I despise], but the sin [nature] which lives in me.
Romans 7:24-25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]? Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.
Romans 7:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
Romans 7:24-25 New Living Translation (NLT)
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Romans 7:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And now I realize that it is no longer my true self doing it, but the unwelcome intruder of sin in my humanity.
Romans 7:24-25 The Passion Translation (TPT)
What an agonizing situation I am in! So who has the power to rescue this miserable man from the unwelcome intruder of sin and death? I give all my thanks to God, for his mighty power has finally provided a way out through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! So if left to myself, the flesh is aligned with the law of sin, but now my renewed mind is fixed on and submitted to God’s righteous principles.