Romans 7:15

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

For {G1063} that which {G3739} I do {G2716} I allow {G1097} not {G3756}: for {G1063} what {G3739} I would {G2309}, that {G5124} do I {G4238} not {G3756}; but {G235} what {G3739} I hate {G3404}, that {G5124} do I {G4160}.

I don’t understand my own behavior — I don’t do what I want to do; instead, I do the very thing I hate!

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Galatians 5:17 (53 votes)

    For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

  • Romans 7:19 (22 votes)

    For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

  • Romans 7:20 (22 votes)

    Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

  • Nahum 1:7 (18 votes)

    The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

  • James 3:2 (16 votes)

    For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:20 (16 votes)

    For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • Philippians 3:12 (15 votes)

    Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.