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

Romans 7:19 · KJV

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

— Romans 7:19

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.

Verse 20

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

Romans 7 — Context

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

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.

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

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

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

Cross References

Romans 7:15

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. {allow: Gr. know}