Romans 7:18
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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ASV
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
KJV
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.
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἶδα | oida | I know | |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | nothing | G3756 → |
| οἰκεῖ | oikei | dwells | G3611 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ἐμοί, | emoi | me myself, | G1473 → |
| τοῦτ᾽ | tout᾽ | That | G3778 → |
| ἔστιν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| σαρκί | sarki | flesh | G4561 → |
| μου, | mou | of mine, | G3165 → |
| ἀγαθόν· | agathon | good; | G18 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| θέλειν | thelein | to wish [to do] | G2309 → |
| παράκειταί | parakeitai | is present with | G3873 → |
| μοι, | moi | me, | G3165 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 → |
| κατεργάζεσθαι | katergazesthai | to do | G2716 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| καλὸν | kalon | good | G2570 → |
| οὐχ | ouch | not | G3756 → |
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