Romans 7:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.

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

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.

But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do.

It doesn't matter how much you have. What matters is how much you are willing to give from what you have.