19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.


In Context

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

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

Romans 7:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.