Parallel Verses

Sawyer New Testament

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

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.

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:

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.

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 But if what I wish not this I do, I no longer do it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find therefore the law, that when I wish to do good evil is present with me; 22 for I consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul],



Cross References

Romans 7:23

but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin which is in my members.

Romans 8:2

for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and death.

Luke 4:1

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin.

Romans 6:12

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to obey its desires,

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not have a Lordship over you; for you are not under the law but under the grace.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord; therefore I myself with the mind serve the law of God, and with the flesh the law of sin.

Ephesians 6:11-13

Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil;

Hebrews 2:17

Whence he ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them liberty, when they themselves are servants of corruption; for by whatever a man is overcome, to this is he made a servant.

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