Romans 7:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.”
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“So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 7:21 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
- Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalms 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Luke 4:1Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
- Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 7:23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- Romans 7:25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Hebrews 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
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