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.
KJV
ὃ γὰρ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γινώσκω· οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω τοῦτο πράσσω, ἀλλ’ ὃ μισῶ τοῦτο ποιῶ.
Greek NT
Quod enim operor, non intelligo : non enim quod volo bonum, hoc ago : sed quod odi malum, illud facio.
Vulgate
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
ASV
For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will: but the evil which I hate, that I do.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
κατεργάζομαι
katergazomai
verb · 22×
μισέω
miseo
verb · 40×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πράσσω
prasso
verb · 39×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210213.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me? Calvin expounds the inner conflict of the believer. The law is holy, just, and good, but it reveals sin and arouses it. Paul speaks from his own experience as a regenerate man: the good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do. This struggle is not the mark of an unregenerate person but of one in whom the S…
Q. But can those converted to God obey these commandments perfectly? A. No. In this life even the holiest have only a small beginning of this obedience. Nevertheless, with all seriousness of purpose, they do begin to live according to all, not only some, of God's commandments.
Cross-references
- 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- 1Kgs 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or n
- 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
- Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- Gal 5:17 — 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.
- Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- Jas 3:2 — 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.
- Jude 1:23 — And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
- Luke 11:48 — Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- Nah 1:7 — The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
- Phil 3:12 — 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.
- Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Prov 13:5 — A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Ps 65:3 — Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
- Ps 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Ps 119:32 — I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Ps 119:40 — Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- Ps 119:104 — Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
- Ps 119:113 — I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
- Ps 119:128 — Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
- Ps 119:163 — I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
- Rom 7:16 — If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
- Rom 7:18 — 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.
- Rom 7:19 — For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
- Rom 7:19 — For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
- Rom 7:25 — I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
- Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- Rom 14:22 — Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
- Rom 14:22 — Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.