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Romans 7:19-21
New Testament for Everyone
Romans 7:19-21
New Testament for Everyone
19 For I don’t do the good thing I want to do, but I end up doing the evil thing I don’t want to do. 20 So if I do what I don’t want to do, it’s no longer “I” doing it; it’s sin, living inside me.
The double “law” and the miserable “I”
21 This, then, is what I find about the law: when I want to do what is right, evil lies close at hand!
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Romans 7:19-21
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Romans 7:19-21
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19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(A) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(B)
21 So I find this law at work:(C) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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