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

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.

And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.

And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

In my

For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death.

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness,

For to will

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.

Oh that my ways were steadfast, to keep your statutes!

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these [things].

For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.

Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.