Romans 7:18

Conservative English Version

I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Job 14:4

There's no way a human can be completely pure.

Job 25:4

How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

Psalm 119:173

Be ready to protect me because I have chosen to obey your laws.

Psalm 119:176

I am your servant, but I have wandered away like a lost sheep. Please come after me, because I have not forgotten your teachings.

Psalm 119:32

I am eager to learn all that you want me to do; help me to understand more and more.

Psalm 119:40

I long for your teachings. Be true to yourself and let me live.

Psalm 119:5

I don't ever want to stray from your laws.

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

Isaiah 64:6

We are unfit to worship you; each of our good deeds is merely a filthy rag. We dry up like leaves; our sins are storm winds sweeping us away.

Matthew 15:19

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

Luke 11:13

As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks.

John 3:6

Humans give life to their children. Yet only God's Spirit can change you into a child of God.

Romans 13:14

Let the Lord Jesus Christ be as near to you as the clothes you wear. Then you won't try to satisfy your selfish desires.

Romans 7:15

In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate.

Romans 7:19

Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong.

Romans 7:25

Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me. So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.

Romans 7:5

When we thought only of ourselves, the Law made us have sinful desires. It made every part of our bodies into slaves who are doomed to die.

Galatians 5:17

The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you feel you should.

Galatians 5:24

And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

Philippians 2:13

God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.

Philippians 3:12

I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

1 Peter 4:2

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.