Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.
New American Standard Bible
For what I am doing,
King James Version
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Holman Bible
For I do not understand what I am doing,
International Standard Version
I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.
A Conservative Version
For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.
American Standard Version
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
Amplified
For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].
An Understandable Version
For I do not [really] understand what I am doing; I practice what I do not want to and I hate what I do. [Note: This highly controversial section (verses 14b-25) is here viewed as the struggles of the apostle Paul after his conversion, and by extension, of all Christians. See Bruce, pages 150ff; Murray, pages 255ff; Lard, pages 236ff].
Anderson New Testament
For what I do, I know not: for that which I wish to do, this I do not; but that which I hate, this I do.
Common New Testament
I do not understand what I do. For I do not do what I want to do, but I do what I hate.
Daniel Mace New Testament
what I do I allow not: for what my mind leads me to, that do I not; but what I have an aversion to, that I do.
Darby Translation
For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.
Godbey New Testament
For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate.
Goodspeed New Testament
I do not understand what I am doing, for I do not do what I want to do; I do things that I hate.
John Wesley New Testament
For that which I do I approve not; for what I would, I do not, but what I hate, that I do.
Julia Smith Translation
For what I work I know not: for what I would not, this I do; but what I hate, this I do.
King James 2000
For that which I do I know not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.
Modern King James verseion
For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
because I know not what I do. For what I would, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.
Moffatt New Testament
I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I want to act; on the contrary, I do what I detest.
Montgomery New Testament
For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do.
NET Bible
For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want -- instead, I do what I hate.
New Heart English Bible
For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
Noyes New Testament
For I know not what I do. For I do not what I would, but I do what I hate.
Sawyer New Testament
For what I do this I approve not; for I do not what I wish, but what I hate, this I do.
The Emphasized Bible
For, that which I am working out, I do not approve, - for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For that which I am doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.
Webster
For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.
Weymouth New Testament
For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do.
Williams New Testament
Indeed, I do not understand what I do, for I do not practice what I want to do, but I am always doing what I hate.
World English Bible
For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
Worrell New Testament
For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.
Worsley New Testament
For that which I do, I allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do.
Youngs Literal Translation
for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.
Themes
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Rebellion against God » Man is prone to
Sin » Defined » Despised by saints
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
Hos
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980
References
Easton
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Internal Conflict With Sin
14 For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin. 15 And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do. 16 But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
Cross References
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
1 Kings 8:46
If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;
Psalm 1:6
Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Psalm 19:12
Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.
Psalm 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Psalm 65:3
Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.
Psalm 97:10
You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.
Psalm 119:1-6
Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.
Psalm 119:32
I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Psalm 119:40
See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
Psalm 119:104
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
Psalm 119:113
I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.
Psalm 119:128
Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
Psalm 119:163
I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
Proverbs 13:5
The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Amos 5:15
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
Luke 11:48
So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
Romans 7:16
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
Romans 7:19-20
For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
Romans 14:22
The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
Philippians 3:12-14
Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:19
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
James 3:2
For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.
1 John 1:7-8
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
Jude 1:23
And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.