Romans 7:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ So I find it to be a law that, when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ So I find it to be a law (rule of action of my being) that when I want to do what is right and good, evil is ever present with me and I am subject to its insistent demands.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

Common English Bible

²¹ So I find that, as a rule, when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.

Romans 7:21 Cross References

Psalm 119:133

Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; be gracious to me according to your word.

Psalm 40:12

For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me until I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

Psalm 65:3

When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.

Luke 4:1

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal bodies, so that you obey their desires.

Romans 6:14

For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 7:23

but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

Romans 7:25

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh I am enslaved to the law of sin.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them.