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Romans 7:19
For the good which I will, I do not: but the evil which I will not, that I do.
Romans 7:19 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Romans 7:19 in other translations
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
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In context
16 If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will is present with me: but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.
19 For the good which I will, I do not: but the evil which I will not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
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