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.

Cross References (31)

  • John 3:6 (19)

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

  • Psalms 51:5 (18)

    Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

  • Galatians 5:17 (16)

    For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to e

  • Psalms 119:115–117 (14)

    Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

  • Romans 7:25 (14)

    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve

  • Job 14:4 (13)

    Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

  • Galatians 5:24 (10)

    Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  • Job 15:14–16 (10)

    What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Philippians 2:13 (9)

    For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

  • Genesis 6:5 (9)

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his

  • Mark 7:21–23 (8)

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

  • Romans 8:3–13 (8)

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likenes

  • Titus 3:3 (8)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • Romans 7:15 (7)

    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

  • Romans 7:19 (7)

    For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

  • Ephesians 2:1–5 (7)

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

  • Philippians 3:12 (6)

    Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for wh

  • Matthew 15:19 (6)

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  • Genesis 8:21 (6)

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve

  • Romans 13:14 (5)

    Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • 1 Peter 4:2 (5)

    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  • Psalms 119:176 (5)

    I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

  • Psalms 119:40 (5)

    How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

  • Luke 11:13 (5)

    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the H

  • Job 25:4 (5)

    How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

  • Romans 7:5 (4)

    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fru

  • Galatians 5:19–21 (4)

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • Psalms 119:173 (4)

    May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.

  • Psalms 119:5 (3)

    Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

  • Psalms 119:32 (3)

    I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

  • Isaiah 64:6 (3)

    Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf