Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is not spiritual. I want to do the things that are good. But I don’t do those things.
Romans 7:17 - Easy To Read Version But I am not really the one doing these \{bad\} things. It is sin living in me that does these things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, it is no longer I who do the deed, but the sin [principle] which is at home in me and has possession of me. American Standard Version (1901) So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. Common English Bible But now I’m not the one doing it anymore. Instead, it’s sin that lives in me. Catholic Public Domain Version But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. |
Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is not spiritual. I want to do the things that are good. But I don’t do those things.
So if I do things I don’t want to do, then it is not really me doing those things. It is sin living in me that does those bad things.
But I see another law working in my body. That law makes war against the law that my mind accepts. That other law working in my body is the law of sin, and that law makes me its prisoner.
If you want to give, then your gift will be accepted. Your gift will be judged by what you have, not by what you don’t have.