Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.
New American Standard Bible
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh.
International Standard Version
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
American Standard Version
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
Amplified
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.
An Understandable Version
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh, for the desire to do good is present in my heart, but the ability to carry it out [consistently] is not.
Anderson New Testament
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good; for to will is present with me; but to perform that which is good, I find not.
Bible in Basic English
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Common New Testament
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for I experience, that in the carnal part of me dwells no good: for it is familiar to me, to will, but not to execute that which is good.
Darby Translation
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right I find not.
Godbey New Testament
For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:
Goodspeed New Testament
For I know that nothing good resides in me, that is, in my physical self; I can will, but I cannot do what is right.
John Wesley New Testament
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 what is good, I find not.
Julia Smith Translation
For I know that in me dwells no good, (that is, in my flesh:) for to will lies near me; but to work good I find not.
King James 2000
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.
Modern King James verseion
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.
Moffatt New Testament
For in me (that is, in my flesh) no good dwells, I know; the wish is there, but not the power of doing what is right.
Montgomery New Testament
For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, no good thing has its home; for while to will is present with me, to carry out that which is right is not.
NET Bible
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.
New Heart English Bible
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
Noyes New Testament
For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing; for to desire is present with me, but not to perform that which is good.
Sawyer New Testament
For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good. For to wish is present with me, but to do the good is not;
The Emphasized Bible
I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I know that there dwelleth not in me (that is, in my flesh) any good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not.
Williams New Testament
For I know that nothing good has its home in me; that is, in my lower self; I have the will but not the power to do what is right.
World English Bible
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.
Worrell New Testament
For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not.
Worsley New Testament
For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not.
Youngs Literal Translation
for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
Themes
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Totally depraved
Flesh » What dwells in the flesh
The flesh » General references to man's carnal nature
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Ignorance » Of self » It retains sin in the heart
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Man » Of Christ » Natural, the
Rebellion against God » Man is prone to
ignorance of Self » It retains sin in the heart
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
human Weakness » Helplessness, physical and spiritual of man
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:18
Images Romans 7:18
Prayers for Romans 7:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Internal Conflict With Sin
17 But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not. 19 For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.
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Cross References
Romans 7:25
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I of myself in the mind indeed serve a law of God, but in the flesh a law of sin.
Genesis 6:5
And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
John 3:6
That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.
Titus 3:3
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 119:115-117
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Matthew 15:19
For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
Mark 7:21-23
For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
Psalm 119:5
O that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!
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 119:173
Let thy hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to death.
Romans 7:15
For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.
Romans 7:19
For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.
Romans 8:3-13
For the impotence of the law, in that it was weak because of the flesh, God, having sent his own Son in a form of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 13:14
But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.
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.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
Galatians 5:24
And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts.
Ephesians 2:1-5
Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval.
Philippians 3:12
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.
1 Peter 4:2
in order to live the remaining time in flesh, no longer by lusts of men, but by the will of God.
Job 25:4
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?
Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.