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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Ce qui est bon, je le sais, n'habite pas en moi, c'est-à-dire dans ma chair: j'ai la volonté, mais non le pouvoir de faire le bien.
KJV
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.
Epiphanius
Ancoratus
ἷς ἐνέπνευσε μαρτυροῦνται ὅτι ἦσαν ἅγιοι δίκαιοι προβεβηκότες ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν 1 Gal. 5, 19 — 2 Rom. 7, 18 — 19 Psal. 5, 2 — 25 I Petr. 2, 22 (Jes. 53, 9) — 27 vgl. Luk. 1, 6f L J 1 γὰρ *] δὲ LJ | πάντα L | πάντως ὅτι bei Epiph. häufig = jedenfalls gilt, daß 2 ὅτι ⟨ J 5 τῆς…
Oecumenius_PG 118 119
Fragmenta in epistulam ad Romanos
κεν, το ειναι αυτον θεον. rom7,14 Πνευματικος· δωρον φησι του αγιου πνευματος και ωσπερ υπαγορευσις. rom7,18 Ταχα δε και το ουκ οικει εν εμοι αγαθον το αυτεξουσιον δεικνυσιν, και οτι ο ανθρωπος κυριος της επ' αμφω, το τε αγαθον και το κακον, ροπης· το γαρ ουκ οικει ταυτον αν ειπο…
Prosper of Aquitaine
Contra Collatorem
ssed Apostle indeed said: For to will is present with me, but to perform what is good I do not find, Romans 7:18. But he also said: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. And he also said: For it is G…
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