Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, having been sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do. 16 But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
Cross References
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit is against the flesh. For these are hostile to each other, so that whatever these things are ye may want, ye may not do.
1 Kings 8:46
If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sins not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, afar off or near,
Psalm 1:6
For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 19:12
Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
Psalm 36:4
He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.
Psalm 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou will forgive them.
Psalm 97:10
O ye who love LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his sanctified. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 101:3
I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.
Psalm 119:1-6
Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD.
Psalm 119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shall enlarge my heart.
Psalm 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Enliven me in thy righteousness.
Psalm 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every FALSE way.
Psalm 119:113
I hate those who are of a double mind, but I love thy law.
Psalm 119:128
Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all [things] to be right. I hate every FALSE way.
Psalm 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love thy law.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Nahum 1:7
LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Luke 11:48
Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
Romans 7:16
But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
Romans 7:19-20
For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.
Romans 12:9
Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,
Romans 14:22
The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.
Philippians 3:12-14
Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of Lord keep away from unrighteousness.
Hebrews 1:9
Thou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Because of this, God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
1 John 1:7-8
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from every sin.
Jude 1:23
And in fear save some, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that was stained by the flesh.