The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Romans 7:18 - English Standard Version 2016 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.] American Standard Version (1901) For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. Common English Bible I know that good doesn’t live in me—that is, in my body. The desire to do good is inside of me, but I can’t do it. Catholic Public Domain Version For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not. |
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.