Parallel Verses
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 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
Now then it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my
Names
Cross References
Romans 7:25
Thanks to God, through our Lord Jesus Christ! So then I can serve God's law only with my mind, while my human nature serves the law of sin.
Genesis 6:5
Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
Genesis 8:21
Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.
Job 14:4
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
Psalm 51:5
Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.
John 3:6
That which is born from the flesh is flesh and that which is born from the Spirit is spirit.
Titus 3:3
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous?
Psalm 119:115-117
Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.
Matthew 15:19
Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!
Mark 7:21-23
It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Psalm 119:5
Oh that my ways may be established to keep your statutes!
Psalm 119:32
I shall run the way of your commandments, for you will enlarge my heart (increase my understanding) (set me free from sin).
Psalm 119:40
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me through your righteousness.
Psalm 119:173
Let Your hand be ready to help me. For I have chosen your precepts.
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Look for your servant for I have not forgotten your commandments.
Luke 11:13
If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
Romans 7:5
When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
Romans 7:15
I do not understand what I am doing. For what I want to do I do not do. What I hate, I do.
Romans 7:19
I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.
Romans 8:3-13
God did what the Law could not do, because human nature was weak. He sent his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering and do away with sin. So he condemned sin in sinful human nature.
Romans 13:14
Put on (live like) (clothe yourself with) the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. These are in opposition to one another that you may not do the things that you would.
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Ephesians 2:1-5
You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.
Philippians 2:13
It is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which Christ Jesus also obtained.
1 Peter 4:2
From now on you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires (lusts).
Job 25:4
How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us wither like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.