Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
But if I do what I do not want to, I agree with the law [which condemns such conduct] that it is good.
New American Standard Bible
But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with
King James Version
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Holman Bible
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
International Standard Version
Now if I practice what I don't want to do, I am admitting that the Law is good.
A Conservative Version
But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
American Standard Version
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Amplified
Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent).
Anderson New Testament
If, then, I do that which I wish not to do, I give assent to the law, that it is good.
Bible in Basic English
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
Common New Testament
Now if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if then I do what I in my mind am against, the consent of my mind is, that the law is right.
Darby Translation
But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right.
Godbey New Testament
But if I do that which I do not will, I consent to the law that it is beautiful;
Goodspeed New Testament
But if I do what I do not want to do, I acknowledge that the Law is right.
John Wesley New Testament
If then I do what I would not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
Julia Smith Translation
And if what I would not this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
King James 2000
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.
Modern King James verseion
If then I do that which I do not desire, I consent to the law that it is good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I do now that which I would not, I grant to the law that it is good.
Moffatt New Testament
Now, when I act against my wishes, that means I agree that the Law is right.
Montgomery New Testament
If then I habitually do what I do not intend to do, I am consenting to the Law, that it is right.
NET Bible
But if I do what I don't want, I agree that the law is good.
New Heart English Bible
But if what I do not desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
Noyes New Testament
But if I do what I would not, I assent to the Law that it is good.
Sawyer New Testament
But if what I wish not this I do, I consent to the law that it is good;
The Emphasized Bible
Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that it is right.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if what I would not, that I do, I concur with the law that it is excellent.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.
Webster
If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.
Weymouth New Testament
But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,
Williams New Testament
But if I am always doing what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is right.
World English Bible
But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
Worrell New Testament
But, if what I wish not, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
Worsley New Testament
And if I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good:
Youngs Literal Translation
And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,
Themes
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Rebellion against God » Man is prone to
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Internal Conflict With Sin
15 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]. 16 But if I do what I do not want to, I agree with the law [which condemns such conduct] that it is good. 17 So, now I am not [really] the one doing this, but [it is] sin which is living in me.
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Cross References
Romans 7:12
So, the law of Moses itself is holy and the commandment [against sinning] is holy and just and good.
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law of Moses is spiritual [i.e., from the Holy Spirit in origin and character], but I am fleshly, sold as a slave to sin. [Note: "Flesh" throughout this section refers to a person's natural inclinations to sin].
Romans 7:22
For in my heart I am delighted with God's law,
1 Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law of Moses is good if a person uses it properly.