Compare Translations for Romans 7:21

21 So I discover this principle: when I want to do good, evil is with me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
21 It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up.
21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.
21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
21 So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.
21 So I find that, as a rule, when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.
21 So I find that, as a rule, when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.
21 So I find it to be the rule, a kind of perverse "torah," that although I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me!
21 I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.
21 So I find that this law is at work: when I want to do what is good, what is evil is the only choice I have.
21 So I find that this law is at work: when I want to do what is good, what is evil is the only choice I have.
21 So I've discovered this truth: Evil is present with me even when I want to do what God's standards say is good.
21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
21 So that, desiring to do good, I find this law: evil is natural unto me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
21 Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.
21 So I have learned this rule: When I want to do good, evil is there with me.
21 Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.
21 I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
21 Εὑρίσκω ἄρα τὸν νόμον τῷ θέλοντι ἐμοὶ ποιεῖν τὸ καλὸν ὅτι ἐμοὶ τὸ κακὸν παράκειται ·
21 I find then a law that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
21 I find then a law that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good evyll is present with me.
21 invenio igitur legem volenti mihi facere bonum quoniam mihi malum adiacet
21 invenio igitur legem volenti mihi facere bonum quoniam mihi malum adiacet
21 I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.
21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
21 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.
21 Therefore I find the law to me willing to do good thing [Therefore I find a law to me willing to do good thing], for evil thing lieth to me (for evil thing lieth before me).
21 I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

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