Romans 7:18 · KJV
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.”
— Romans 7:18
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans 7 — Context
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that {it is} good.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Cross References
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Psalms 119:115-117
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Romans 7:25
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}
Job 15:14-16
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Galatians 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. {affections: or, passions}