So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
- BSB In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
- NKJV But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
- NASB But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.
- NLT So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
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- Rom 7:20But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
- Rom 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
- Phil 3:8–9Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Jas 4:5–6Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
- 2 Cor 8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
- Rom 4:7–8“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- Rom 7:23but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
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