Romans 7:18

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

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.

BSB

I 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.

WEB

For 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.

YLT

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

F.O.G Original

(18) because I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is in my flesh! For the wanting is present in me but the good produce isn’t

F.O.G

(18) because I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is in my flesh! For the wanting is present in me but the good produce isn’t

F.O.G MSG

¹⁸For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful natureᶠ. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Footnotes:

¹⁸ᶠ Sinful nature: Again referring to the “flesh”—our inherited tendency toward sin that wars against our renewed spirit in Christ.