◄ Romans 7:20 ►
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Good News Translation
If I do what I don't want to do, this means that I am no longer the one who does it; instead, it is the sin that lives in me.

New Revised Standard Version
Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.

Contemporary English Version
And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.

New American Bible
Now if [I] do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Romans 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.

Context
Struggling with Sin
…19For the good which I will, I do not: but the evil which I will not, that I do. 20Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me. 21I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:19
He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 7:17
Now then it is no more I that do it: but sin that dwelleth in me.

Romans 7:19
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