Romans 7:15,18-19,24
Romans 7:14-16 The Message (MSG)
I can anticipate the response that is coming: “I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?” Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve spent a long time in sin’s prison. What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.
Romans 7:17-20-17-20 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 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?
Romans 7:15 King James Version (KJV)
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Romans 7:18-19 King James Version (KJV)
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. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:24 King James Version (KJV)
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Romans 7:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
Romans 7:18-19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
Romans 7:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?
Romans 7:15 New Century Version (NCV)
I do not understand the things I do. I do not do what I want to do, and I do the things I hate.
Romans 7:18-19 New Century Version (NCV)
Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is earthly and sinful. I want to do the things that are good, but I do not do them. I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the bad things I do not want to do.
Romans 7:24 New Century Version (NCV)
What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death?
Romans 7:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
Romans 7:18-19 American Standard Version (ASV)
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. For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
Romans 7:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
Romans 7:15 New International Version (NIV)
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
Romans 7:18-19 New International Version (NIV)
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
Romans 7:24 New International Version (NIV)
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?
Romans 7:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.
Romans 7:18-19 New King James Version (NKJV)
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.
Romans 7:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Romans 7:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].
Romans 7:18-19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not. For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
Romans 7:24 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]?
Romans 7:15 New Living Translation (NLT)
I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
Romans 7:18-19 New Living Translation (NLT)
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
Romans 7:24 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?
Romans 7:15 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I’m a mystery to myself, for I want to do what is right, but end up doing what my moral instincts condemn.
Romans 7:18-19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For I know that nothing good lives within the flesh of my fallen humanity. The longings to do what is right are within me, but willpower is not enough to accomplish it. My lofty desires to do what is good are dashed when I do the things I want to avoid.
Romans 7:24 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?
Romans 7:15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.