Parallel Verses

Daniel Mace New Testament

I find then a settled custom, that evil is objected in my way whenever I have a mind to act well:

New American Standard Bible

I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

King James Version

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Holman Bible

So I discover this principle: When I want to do what is good, evil is with me.

International Standard Version

So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

A Conservative Version

Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.

American Standard Version

I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

Amplified

So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

An Understandable Version

So, I find this principle [at work]: [Although] I want to do what is good, evil is [always] present [and often wins out].

Anderson New Testament

I find, then, this law: That, when I wish to do good, evil is present with me.

Bible in Basic English

So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.

Common New Testament

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

Darby Translation

I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.

Godbey New Testament

Then I find a law, that, to me wishing to do that which is beautiful, that the evil is present with me:

Goodspeed New Testament

I find the law to be that I who want to do right am dogged by what is wrong.

John Wesley New Testament

I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Julia Smith Translation

I find therefore a law to me, wishing to do good, that evil lies near me.

King James 2000

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

Modern King James verseion

I find then a law: when I will to do the right, evil is present with me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I find then, by the law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Moffatt New Testament

So this is my experience of the Law: I want to do what is right, but wrong is all I can manage;

Montgomery New Testament

I find, then, this law, that when I intend to do good, evil is ever present with me.

NET Bible

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

New Heart English Bible

I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

Noyes New Testament

I find then that there is a law to me, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Sawyer New Testament

I find therefore the law, that when I wish to do good evil is present with me;

The Emphasized Bible

Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I find then a law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is presented to me.

Twentieth Century New Testament

This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

Webster

I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Weymouth New Testament

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

Williams New Testament

So I find this law: When I want to do right, the wrong is always in my way.

World English Bible

I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

Worrell New Testament

Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present.

Worsley New Testament

I find then a kind of law, that when I would do good, evil besets me.

Youngs Literal Translation

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I find
εὑρίσκω 
heurisko 
find,
Usage: 130

ἄρα 
Ara 
therefore , so then , now therefore , then , wherefore , haply , not tr,
Usage: 35

a law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

I
ἐμοί 
Emoi 
me, I, mine, my, 9
Usage: 58

θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

κακός 
Kakos 
Usage: 46

is present
παράκειμαι 
Parakeimai 
be present
Usage: 2

Context Readings

Internal Conflict With Sin

20 now if I do that which my mind is against, it is not meerly I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21 I find then a settled custom, that evil is objected in my way whenever I have a mind to act well: 22 for my mind takes delight in the law of God,

Cross References

Romans 7:23

but I perceive in the animal part of me another law warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my animal part.

Romans 8:2

for the christian dispensation of a spiritual life has set me free from the legal state of sin and death.

Luke 4:1

Now Jesus being full of the holy spirit, return'd from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the desart,

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, I declare unto you, whosoever committeth sin, is a slave to sin.

Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, by making you slaves to the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:14

for then sin shall have no dominion over you: because you are not under the legal, but under the gospel dispensation.

Romans 7:25

the divine grace thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. so then, with the mind I my self am devoted to the law of God; tho' my carnal inclinations are enslaved to the law of sin.

Ephesians 6:11-13

put on the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Hebrews 2:17

whence it was necessary he should be in all things like his brethren; that he might be a merciful high priest, and faithfully discharge the divine office of expiating the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15

not an high priest who is incapable of compassionating our miseries; since he was exposed to the same trials as we are, sin only excepted. let

2 Peter 2:19

whilst they promise others liberty, they themselves are slaves to their corrupt passions. for he that is vanquished, is a slave to the conqueror.

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