Romans 7:21
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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a law.

Romans 7:23
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

Romans 6:12, 14
Therefore do not let sin control your mortal body so that you obey its desires. . . .

Romans 8:2
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Psalm 19:13
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

Psalm 119:133
Establish my steps through Your promise; let no sin rule over me.

John 8:34
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Ephesians 6:11-13
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes. . . .

2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corruption. For a man is a slave to whatever has overcome him.

evil.

2 Chronicles 30:18, 19
A large number of the people--many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun--had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, "May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone . . .

Psalm 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Psalm 40:12
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Psalm 65:3
When iniquities prevail against me, You alone atone for our transgressions.

Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Isaiah 6:5-7
Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts." . . .

Zechariah 3:1-4
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. . . .

Luke 4:1
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Hebrews 2:17
So He had to be made like His brothers in every way, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

King James Bible
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I discover this principle: When I want to do what is good, evil is with me.

International Standard Version
So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.

NET Bible
So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I find, therefore, a law agreeing with my conscience which wants to do good, because evil is near me.
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