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Romans 7:19
For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7:19 · Webster 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 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 would 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 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.
19 For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:
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