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17 But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me. 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.[a] 19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

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  1. Romans 7:18 tn Grk “For to wish is present in/with me, but not to do it.”

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(A) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](B) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 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.(C)

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  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh