Romans 7:21
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
KJV
εὑρίσκω ἄρα τὸν νόμον τῷ θέλοντι ἐμοὶ ποιεῖν τὸ καλὸν ὅτι ἐμοὶ τὸ κακὸν παράκειται·
Greek NT
Invenio igitur legem, volenti mihi facere bonum, quoniam mihi malum adjacet :
Vulgate
I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
ASV
I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
παράκειμαι
parakeimai
verb · 2×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
4 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…
Q. Why can't the good we do make us right with God, or at least help make us right with him? A. Because the righteousness which can pass God's scrutiny must be entirely perfect and must in every way measure up to the divine law. But even our best works in this life are imperfect and stained with sin.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- 2Chr 30:18 — For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed
- 2Pet 2:19 — While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
- Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Heb 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the p
- Heb 4:15 — For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
- Isa 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- 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.
- John 8:34 — Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- Luke 4:1 — And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
- Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Ps 40:12 — For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- Ps 65:3 — Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
- Ps 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
- Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
- Rom 6:12 — Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
- Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
- Rom 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- Rom 7:23 — But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
- Rom 7:23 — But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
- 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 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Rom 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Zech 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.