I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. Treasury of Scripture a law. Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind... Romans 6:12,14 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof... Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Psalm 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright... Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin. Ephesians 6:11-13 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil... 2 Peter 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome... evil. 2 Chronicles 30:18,19 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves... Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults. Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up... Psalm 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away. Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way. Isaiah 6:5-7 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... Zechariah 3:1-4 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him... Luke 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Hebrews 2:17 Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers... Hebrews 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...
Context Struggling with Sin
13Was then that which is good made death to me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good. 17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. 21I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23But 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. 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25I 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
Darby Bible Translation
I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.
King James Bible
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Young's Literal Translation
I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,
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