Romans 7:19

19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

Romans 7:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
ESV
19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
NLT
19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
MSG
19 I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway.
CSB
19 For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.

Romans 7:19 In-Context

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
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.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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