Romans 7:19

I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do – that I habitually do.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

18I know that there is nothing good in me – I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.

20But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.

Read all of Romans 7

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25

Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 7:19