18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh.(A) For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

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18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](A) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh

18 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.

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18 So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable(A)

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18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(A)

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18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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