Romans 7:21

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

Cross References (19)

  • Romans 7:23 (8)

    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 th

  • Ephesians 6:11–13 (8)

    Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

  • Romans 6:14 (8)

    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

  • Psalms 119:133 (7)

    Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

  • Romans 8:2 (7)

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  • Hebrews 2:17 (7)

    For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high p

  • Romans 6:12 (7)

    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • John 8:34 (6)

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

  • 2 Peter 2:19 (6)

    They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered

  • Psalms 119:37 (6)

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

  • Zechariah 3:1–4 (6)

    Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right

  • Hebrews 4:15 (6)

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in eve

  • Psalms 19:12–13 (5)

    Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

  • Luke 4:1 (5)

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

  • Psalms 40:12 (5)

    For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of m

  • Psalms 65:3 (5)

    When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.

  • Isaiah 6:5–7 (4)

    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; fo

  • 2 Chronicles 30:18–19 (4)

    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they at

  • Romans 7:25 (4)

    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