Verse Comparison: Romans 7:18
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.]
Contemporary English Version
I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot.
Darby English Version
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [I find] not.
Good News Bible
I know that good does not live in me---that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.
International Standard Version
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good {is} not.
New International Version
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
New King James Version
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, namely, in my flesh; for the willing takes place in me, but the doing of the good does not.
Young's Literal Translation
for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,