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15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
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15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
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16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
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16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
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17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
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17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
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18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.
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19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.
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20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
