Rom 7:18-19 | ESV | STEP | For I know that nothing good dwells in me , that is , in my flesh . For I have the desire to do what is right , but not the ability to carry it out.

a Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; 15:14; Ps. 51:5

Romans 7:18-19

18 For I know that nothing good dwells ^ain me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 ^bFor I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.