Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate.

New American Standard Bible

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I want to do, but instead do what I hate.

A Conservative Version

For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].

An Understandable Version

For I do not [really] understand what I am doing; I practice what I do not want to and I hate what I do. [Note: This highly controversial section (verses 14b-25) is here viewed as the struggles of the apostle Paul after his conversion, and by extension, of all Christians. See Bruce, pages 150ff; Murray, pages 255ff; Lard, pages 236ff].

Anderson New Testament

For what I do, I know not: for that which I wish to do, this I do not; but that which I hate, this I do.

Bible in Basic English

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

what I do I allow not: for what my mind leads me to, that do I not; but what I have an aversion to, that I do.

Darby Translation

For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.

Godbey New Testament

For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate.

Goodspeed New Testament

I do not understand what I am doing, for I do not do what I want to do; I do things that I hate.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

For what I work I know not: for what I would not, this I do; but what I hate, this I do.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.

Modern King James verseion

For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

because I know not what I do. For what I would, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.

Moffatt New Testament

I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I want to act; on the contrary, I do what I detest.

Montgomery New Testament

For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do.

NET Bible

For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want -- instead, I do what I hate.

New Heart English Bible

For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

Noyes New Testament

For I know not what I do. For I do not what I would, but I do what I hate.

Sawyer New Testament

For what I do this I approve not; for I do not what I wish, but what I hate, this I do.

The Emphasized Bible

For, that which I am working out, I do not approve, - for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For that which I am doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do.

Twentieth Century New Testament

I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do.

Williams New Testament

Indeed, I do not understand what I do, for I do not practice what I want to do, but I am always doing what I hate.

World English Bible

For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

Worrell New Testament

For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

I do
κατεργάζομαι 
Katergazomai 
work, do, do deed, to perform, cause, work out
Usage: 24

I allow
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

not
οὐ 
Ou 
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032
Usage: 1032

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980
Usage: 980

I would
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

τοῦτο 
Touto 
τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232
Usage: 232

do I
πράσσω 
Prasso 
Usage: 35

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

I hate
μισέω 
Miseo 
Usage: 14

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Romans 7:15

Context Readings

Internal Conflict With Sin

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am made out of flesh, sold into sin’s power. 15 For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.



Cross References

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country
whether distant or nearby—

Psalm 1:6

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

Psalm 19:12

Who perceives his unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Psalm 36:4

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

Psalm 65:3

Iniquities overwhelm me;
only You can atone for our rebellions.

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil!
He protects the lives of His godly ones;
He rescues them from the power of the wicked.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

Psalm 119:1-6

א AlefHow happy are those whose way is blameless,
who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

Psalm 119:32

I pursue the way of Your commands,
for You broaden my understanding.

Psalm 119:40

How I long for Your precepts!
Give me life through Your righteousness.

Psalm 119:104

I gain understanding from Your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:113

ס SamekI hate those who are double-minded,
but I love Your instruction.

Psalm 119:128

I carefully follow all Your precepts
and hate every false way.

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love Your instruction.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate lying,
but the wicked act disgustingly and disgracefully.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is certainly no righteous man on the earth
who does good and never sins.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good;
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.

Luke 11:48

Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

Romans 7:16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

Romans 7:19-20

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Romans 14:22

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His, and
Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions.

James 3:2

for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.

1 John 1:7-8

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Jude 1:23

save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

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