Romans 7:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

That in me

In my

Galatians 5:19

For to will

Philippians 3:12

Bible References

That in me

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.

In my

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

For to will

For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.