Romans 7:18

New International Reader's Version

I know there is nothing good in my desires controlled by sin. I want to do what is good, but I can’t.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how bad the sins of everyone on earth had become. They only thought about evil things.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself, “I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.

Job 14:4

Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!

Job 25:4

How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?

Psalm 119:173

May your hand be ready to help me, because I have chosen to obey your rules.

Psalm 119:176

Like a lost sheep, I’ve gone down the wrong path. Come and look for me, because I haven’t forgotten to obey your commands.

Psalm 119:32

I am quick to follow your commands, because you have added to my understanding.

Psalm 119:40

I really want to follow your rules. Keep me alive, because you do what is right.

Psalm 119:5

I hope I will always stand firm in following your orders.

Psalm 51:5

I know I’ve been a sinner ever since I was born. I’ve been a sinner ever since my mother became pregnant with me.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like someone who is “unclean.” All the good things we do are like dirty rags to you. All of us are like leaves that have dried up. Our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Matthew 15:19

Evil thoughts come out of a person’s heart. So do murder, adultery, and other sexual sins. And so do stealing, false witness, and telling lies about others.

Luke 11:13

Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

John 3:6

People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ as if he were your clothing. Don’t think about how to satisfy sinful desires.

Romans 7:15

I don’t understand what I do. I don’t do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate to do.

Romans 7:19

I don’t do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don’t want to do.

Romans 7:25

I give thanks to God who saves me. He saves me through Jesus Christ our Lord. So in my mind I am a slave to God’s law. But sin controls my desires. So I am a slave to the law of sin.

Romans 7:5

The power of sin used to control us. The law stirred up sinful desires in us. So the things we did resulted in death.

Galatians 5:17

The desires controlled by sin do not want what the Spirit delights in. And the Spirit does not want what the desires controlled by sin delight in. The two are at war with each other. That’s why you are not supposed to do whatever you want.

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful desires to his cross. They don’t want these things anymore.

Philippians 2:13

God is working in you. He wants your plans and your acts to fulfill his good purpose.

Philippians 3:12

I have not yet received all these things. I have not yet reached my goal. Christ Jesus took hold of me so that I could reach that goal. So I keep pushing myself forward to reach it.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

1 Peter 4:2

As a result, they don’t live the rest of their earthly life for evil human desires. Instead, they live to do what God wants.