Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing. New Living Translation I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. English Standard Version For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Berean Study Bible For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do. Berean Literal Bible For the good that I desire, I do not do; but the evil that I do not want, this I practice. New American Standard Bible For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. New King James Version For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. King James Bible For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Christian Standard Bible For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do. Contemporary English Version Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. Good News Translation I don't do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do. Holman Christian Standard Bible For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do. International Standard Version For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do. NET Bible For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want! New Heart English Bible For the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English It was not the good that I wanted that I did, but the evil that I did not want to do, that I did. GOD'S WORD® Translation I don't do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don't want to do. New American Standard 1977 For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. King James 2000 Bible For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. American King James Version For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. American Standard Version For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. Douay-Rheims Bible For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do. Darby Bible Translation For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do. English Revised Version For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. Webster's Bible Translation For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do. Weymouth New Testament For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do. World English Bible For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice. Young's Literal Translation for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise. Study Bible Struggling with Sin…18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do. 20And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.… Cross References Mark 5:5 Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones. Romans 7:15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. Treasury of Scripture For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Lexicon Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. I do not do ποιῶ (poiō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. [the] good ἀγαθόν (agathon) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 18: A primary word; 'good'. I want [to do]. θέλω (thelō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. Instead, ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. I keep on doing πράσσω (prassō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 4238: To do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require. [the] evil κακὸν (kakon) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 2556: Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious. I do not want [to do]. θέλω (thelō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. 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