Romans 7:19 - Compare All Versions

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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.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the bad things I do not want to do.

For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

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.

For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

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.

My lofty desires to do what is good are dashed when I do the things I want to avoid.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.