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Romans 7:19
For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
Romans 7:19 · World English Bible
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 do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice.
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In context
16 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
19 For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
20 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
22 For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
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