Parallel Verses

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:

New American Standard Bible

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

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, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

I do
κατεργάζομαι 
Katergazomai 
work, do, do deed, to perform, cause, work out
Usage: 24

I allow
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

not
οὐ 
Ou 
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032
Usage: 1032

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980
Usage: 980

I would
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

τοῦτο 
Touto 
τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232
Usage: 232

do I
πράσσω 
Prasso 
Usage: 35

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

I hate
μισέω 
Miseo 
Usage: 14

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Romans 7:15

Context Readings

Internal Conflict With Sin

14 For we know that, the law, is spiritual, - I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin; 15 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: 16 Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that it is right.

Cross References

Galatians 5:17

For, the flesh, coveted against the Spirit, but, the Spirit, against the flesh, - for, these, unto one another, are opposed, lest, whatsoever things ye chance to desire, these, ye should be doing!

1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against thee - for there is, no son of earth, that sinneth not, and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them up before an enemy, - who shall carry them away as their captives, into the land of the enemy, far or near;

Psalm 1:6

For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

Psalm 19:12

Mistakes, who perceiveth? From things that are hidden, acquit me:

Psalm 36:4

Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

Psalm 65:3

Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them.

Psalm 97:10

Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong, - He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, - The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

Psalm 119:1-6

[ALEPH] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

Psalm 119:32

The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119:40

Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

Psalm 119:104

Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:113

[SAMECH] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.

Psalm 119:128

For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.

Psalm 119:163

Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.

Proverbs 8:13

The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.

Proverbs 13:5

A word of falsehood, the righteous man, hateth, but, the lawless, causeth shame and disgrace.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Amos 5:15

Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate, - Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Nahum 1:7

Good is Yahweh, as a protection in the day of distress, - and one who acknowledgeth them who seek refuge in him.

Luke 11:48

Hence, witnesses, are ye, and find consenting pleasure in the works of your fathers: because, they, indeed, slew them, and, ye, are building, their tombs .

Romans 7:16

Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that it is right.

Romans 7:19-20

For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.

Romans 12:9

Your love, be without hypocrisy, - loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;

Romans 14:22

The faith which thou hast, have to thyself before God: happy, he that bringeth not judgment upon himself by that which he approveth;

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have, already, received, or have, already, reached perfection, but I am pressing on - if I may even lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by Christ Jesus: -

2 Timothy 2:19

Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal - The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of exultation, beyond thy partners;

James 3:2

For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.

1 John 1:7-8

Whereas, if, in the light, we are walking, as, he, is in the light, we have, fellowship one with another, and, the blood of Jesus his Son, is cleansing us from all sin.

Jude 1:23

But, on others, have mercy with fear, hating even, the garment, spotted by the flesh.

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