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.


In Context

16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

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.

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.

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: When I want to do good, evil is right there 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 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.

The American 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.