A moment in scripture
Romans 7:19
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For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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The surrounding passage
- Romans 7:17
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
- Romans 7:18
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 7:20
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
- Romans 7:21
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.