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Romans 7:20

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

KJV

εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ θέλω ἐγὼ τοῦτο ποιῶ, οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ ἀλλὰ ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτία.

Greek NT

Si autem quod nolo, illud facio : jam non ego operor illud, sed quod habitat in me, peccatum.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
κατεργάζομαι
katergazomai
verb · 22×
οἰκέω
oikeo
verb · 8×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: θέλω | WH/Treg: θέλω | NIV/RP: + ἐγώ
  • θέλωSBLGNT
  • θέλωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + ἐγώReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

He finally describes the thirty-second year of his age, the most memorable of his whole life, in which, being instructed by Simplicianus concerning the conversion of others, and the manner of acting, he is, after a severe struggle, renewed in his whole mind, and is converted unto God. Chapter 1. He, Now Given to Divine Things, and Yet Entangled by the Lusts of Love, Consults Si…

Cross-references

  • Rom 7:17 — Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
  • Rom 7:17 — Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
  • Rom 8:1 — There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.