Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do. "
— Romans 7:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”
“For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. ”
“For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.”
“For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!”
“For the good which I will, I do not: but the evil which I will not, that I do.”
“For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.”
“For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.”
So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.
But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me.
For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach.
For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.
Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.
And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.
For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.