Romans 7:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now if I do what I do not desire to do, it is no longer I doing it [it is not myself that acts], but the sin [principle] which dwells within me [fixed and operating in my soul].

American Standard Version (1901)

But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

Common English Bible

But if I do the very thing that I don’t want to do, then I’m not the one doing it anymore. Instead, it is sin that lives in me that is doing it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Romans 7:20 Cross References

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 7:17

But in fact it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.