Romans 7:17

New Century Version

But I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them.

Cross References

Romans 7:18

Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is earthly and sinful. I want to do the things that are good, but I do not do them.

Romans 7:20

So if I do things I do not want to do, then I am not the one doing them. It is sin living in me that does those things.

Romans 7:23

But I see another law working in my body, which makes war against the law that my mind accepts. That other law working in my body is the law of sin, and it makes me its prisoner.

2 Corinthians 8:12

If you want to give, your gift will be accepted. It will be judged by what you have, not by what you do not have.