Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. New Living Translation I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. English Standard Version For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Berean Standard Bible I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. Berean Literal Bible For what I do, I do not understand. For what I want, this I do not do; but what I hate, this I do. King James Bible For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. New King James Version For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. New American Standard Bible For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. NASB 1995 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. NASB 1977 For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Legacy Standard Bible For what I am working out, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Amplified Bible For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. Christian Standard Bible For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. Holman Christian Standard Bible For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. American Standard Version For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do. Contemporary English Version In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. English Revised Version For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do. GOD'S WORD® Translation I don't realize what I'm doing. I don't do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate. Good News Translation I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate. International Standard Version I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate. Majority Standard Bible I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. NET Bible For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want--instead, I do what I hate. New Heart English Bible For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. Webster's Bible Translation For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do. Weymouth New Testament For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do. World English Bible For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practice, but what I hate, this I do. Berean Literal Bible For what I do, I do not understand. For what I want, this I do not do; but what I hate, this I do. Young's Literal Translation for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do. Smith's Literal Translation For what I work I know not: for what I would not, this I do; but what I hate, this I do. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do. Catholic Public Domain Version For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do. New American Bible What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate. New Revised Standard Version I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor I do not know what I do: and I do not do the thing which I want, but I do the thing which I hate. That is exactly what I do. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For that which I committed I did not understand, neither was it anything that I chose, but I was doing what I hated. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor what I do, I know not: for that which I wish to do, this I do not; but that which I hate, this I do. Godbey New Testament For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate. Haweis New Testament For that which I am doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do. Mace New Testament what I do I allow not: for what my mind leads me to, that do I not; but what I have an aversion to, that I do. Weymouth New Testament For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do. Worrell New Testament For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do. Worsley New Testament For that which I do, I allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Struggling with Sin…14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.… Cross References Galatians 5:17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. James 4:1 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Psalm 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. / Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” 1 Corinthians 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Ephesians 4:22-24 to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; / to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Treasury of Scripture For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. For that. Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. Luke 11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. allow. Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. what. Romans 7:16,19,20 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good… 1 Kings 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. what I hate. Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Psalm 36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. Psalm 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Jump to Previous Acknowledge Action Actions Allow Averse Clear Desire Hate Mind Not Practice Practicing Practise Recognize Understand Want WorkJump to Next Acknowledge Action Actions Allow Averse Clear Desire Hate Mind Not Practice Practicing Practise Recognize Understand Want WorkRomans 7 1. No law has power over a man longer than he lives.4. But we are dead to the law. 7. Yet is not the law sin; 12. but holy, just and good; 16. as I acknowledge, who am grieved because I cannot keep it. I do not understand The Greek word used here is "γινώσκω" (ginōskō), which means to know or understand. Paul is expressing a profound internal conflict, a lack of comprehension regarding his own actions. This highlights the human condition of struggling with sin and the limitations of human understanding without divine intervention. Historically, this reflects the Jewish understanding of the law and the struggle to fulfill it perfectly, which was a common theme in Jewish teachings. what I do For what I want to do I do not do but what I hate I do Which I do.--St. Paul uses three words for "to do" in this passage, the distinction between which is hard to represent in English. That which is employed here and in Romans 7:17; Romans 7:20, is the strongest, "perform"--deliberate action, thoroughly carried out. The other two words differ, as "do" and "practise," the one referring to single, the other to habitual and repeated actions. What I would.--If my will had free course I should act very differently. Verses 15-25. - For that which I do (rather, work, or perform, or accomplish, κατεργάζομαι) I know not (rather than I allow not, as in the English Version, this being the proper meaning of the verb γινώσκω. The idea may be that, when under the delusion of sin I do wrong, I do not know what I am accomplishing): for not what I would, that I do (rather, practise; the verb here is πράσσω); but what I hate, that I do (ποιῶ). But if what I would not that I do, I consent unto the Law that it is good (καλός). Now then (νυνὶ δὲ, not in temporal sense, but meaning, as the case is) it is no more I that work (κατεργάζομαι, as before) it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth not good (ἀγαθόν): for to will is present with me; but to perform (κατεργάζεσθθαι) that which is good (τὸ καλὸν) is not (οὐ, rather than οὐχ αὐρίσκω ασ ιν the Textus Receptus, is the best-supported reading). For the good (ἀγαθόν) that I would I do not (οἰ ποιῶ): but the evil which I would not, that I practise (πράσσω). But if what I (ἐγὼ, emphatic) would not, that I do (ποιῶ), it is no longer I (ἐγὼ, again emphatic) that work (κατεργάζομαι) it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then the law, that to me who would do good, evil is present. For I delight in the Law of God after the inward man. But I see a different law in my members (on what is meant by "members" (μέλεσι) see note under Romans 6:13) warring against the law of my mind, and brining me into captivity to (or, according to some readings, by) the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (probably in the same sense as "the body of sin" in Romans 6:6; see note thereon. Translate certainly as in the English Version; not this body of death, as if it meant this mortal body) Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. In the note introducing this whole section (vers. 7-25)its general drift has been intimated. The following additional comments may further explain the part of it which begins at ver. 15.(1) The initial γὰρ introduces proof of the ἐγὼ being in the condition spoken of in the preceding clause, viz. "sold under sin." For (the meaning is) am I not a bond-slave, when, as I feel is the case with me, I am not my own master? But, observe, the state that goes on to be described is that of an unwilling bond-slave; not of one who likes his bondage, and has no desire to be free. The conscience is supposed already, through the operation of law, to protest against sin; to hate its thraldom; not willingly to acquiesce in it. (2) The distinction between the verbs ποιῶ, πράσσω κατεργάζομαι, not observed in the English Version, but to which attention has been drawn in the above translation, has its meaning. Attention to the places where they occur will show their appropriateness in each case, denoting severally single acts, habitual practice, and general working, performance, or accomplishment. (3) The English Version is wrong in rendering, in ver. 15, "What I would, that I do not," so as to make the idea the same as that in ver. 19. There are really two different statements in the two verses - the first, of our doing what we wish not to do; the second, of our not doing what we wish to do; and after each the same conclusion is drawn in the same words, viz. that sin is the real worker (κατεργάζομαι being here the word appropriately used). . . . Greek I do not understandγινώσκω (ginōskō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. what ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I do. κατεργάζομαι (katergazomai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2716: From kata and ergazomai; to work fully, i.e. Accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion. For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. what ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I want [to do], θέλω (thelō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. I do not do. πράσσω (prassō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 4238: To do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require. But ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. what ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. I hate, μισῶ (misō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. I do. ποιῶ (poiō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. Links Romans 7:15 NIVRomans 7:15 NLT Romans 7:15 ESV Romans 7:15 NASB Romans 7:15 KJV Romans 7:15 BibleApps.com Romans 7:15 Biblia Paralela Romans 7:15 Chinese Bible Romans 7:15 French Bible Romans 7:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 7:15 For I don't know what (Rom. Ro) |
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