For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Romans 7:19 in context
Romans 7:16–22
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But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
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So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
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For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
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For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
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But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
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I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
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For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
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