Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 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 it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 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. 19 For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.
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Cross References
Romans 7:25
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?
Psalm 119:115-117
Depart from me, you evil-doers, for I will keep the Commandments of my God.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;
Mark 7:21-23
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Psalm 119:5
O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Precepts!
Psalm 119:32
I will run the way of Your Commandments, when You shall enlarge my heart.
Psalm 119:40
Behold, I have longed after Your Commandments; in Your righteousness give me life.
Psalm 119:173
Let Your hand help me; for I have chosen Your Precepts.
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant; for I do not forget Your Commandments.
Luke 11:13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death.
Romans 7:15
For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do.
Romans 7:19
For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.
Romans 8:3-13
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take thought beforehand for the lusts of the flesh.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,
Galatians 5:24
But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Ephesians 2:1-5
And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Philippians 3:12
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I also was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 4:2
in order no longer to live in the lusts of men, but in the will of God the remaining time in the flesh.
Job 25:4
How then can man be justified with God? Or how can one who is born of a woman be clean?
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.