Romans 7:19,21
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 7:21-23 The Message (MSG)
It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
Romans 7:19 King James Version (KJV)
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:21 King James Version (KJV)
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Romans 7:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
Romans 7:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
Romans 7:19 New Century Version (NCV)
I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the bad things I do not want to do.
Romans 7:21 New Century Version (NCV)
So I have learned this rule: When I want to do good, evil is there with me.
Romans 7:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
Romans 7:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
Romans 7:19 New International Version (NIV)
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 7:21 New International Version (NIV)
So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Romans 7:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.
Romans 7:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
Romans 7:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
Romans 7:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
Romans 7:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
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 7:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
Romans 7:19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
My lofty desires to do what is good are dashed when I do the things I want to avoid.
Romans 7:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Through my experience of this principle, I discover that even when I want to do good, evil is ready to sabotage me.