Parallel Verses
Godbey New Testament
for the good which I will I do not; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Holman Bible
For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.
International Standard Version
For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do.
A Conservative Version
For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.
American Standard Version
For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.
Amplified
For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
An Understandable Version
For I do not do the good [things] I want to, but I practice the evil [things] I do not want to.
Anderson New Testament
For the good that I wish to do, I do not; but the evil that I wish not to do, this I do.
Bible in Basic English
For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.
Common New Testament
For I do not do the good I want to do; but the evil I do not want to do is what I do.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the good that I purpose to do, I do not: but the evil which I resolve against, that I do.
Darby Translation
For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.
Goodspeed New Testament
I do not do the good things that I want to do; I do the wrong things that I do not want to do.
John Wesley New Testament
For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Julia Smith Translation
For not what good I would, do I; but the evil I would not, this I do.
King James 2000
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.
Modern King James verseion
For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I do not that good thing which I would: but that evil do I, which I would not.
Moffatt New Testament
I cannot be good as I want to be, and I do wrong against my wishes.
Montgomery New Testament
For the good that I intend to do, I do not; but the evil which I do not; but the evil which I do not intend to do, that I am ever practising.
NET Bible
For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!
New Heart English Bible
For the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice.
Noyes New Testament
For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Sawyer New Testament
for the good which I wish I do not, but the evil which I wish not this I do.
The Emphasized Bible
For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I do not the good which I wish: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do.
Webster
For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Weymouth New Testament
For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.
Williams New Testament
Indeed, I do not do the good things that I want to do, but I do practice the evil things that I do not want to do.
World English Bible
For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.
Worrell New Testament
For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.
Worsley New Testament
For I do not the good that I would; but the evil which I would not, this I do.
Youngs Literal Translation
for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.
Themes
Flesh » What dwells in the flesh
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Stoicism » Paul teaches » That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
τοῦτο
Touto
this, therefore Trans, that, for this cause , wherefore , it, not tr,
Usage: 232
thelo
θέλω ἐθέλω
thelo
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136
Poieo
References
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Internal Conflict With Sin
18 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: 19 for the good which I will I do not; but the evil which I do not will, that I do. 20 If I do that which I do not will, it is no longer I that do it, but sin dwelling in me.
Names
Cross References
Romans 7:15
For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate.