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Romans 7:18

World English Bible

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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Romans 7:18 in other translations

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.

Romans 7:18 · American Standard Version

Romans 7:18 in context

  1. 16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
  2. 17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
  3. 18For 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.
  4. 19For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
  5. 20But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.