οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω ποιῶ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλὰ ὃ οὐ θέλω κακὸν τοῦτο πράσσω.

ou gar o thelo poio agathon, alla o ou thelo kakon touto prasso.

non enim quod volo bonum hoc facio sed quod nolo malum hoc ago

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

For the good that I would do, I do not; but the evil which I would not do, that I do.

For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

It was not the good that I wanted that I did, but the evil that I did not want to do, that I did.

For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.

For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

I don't do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don't want to do.

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.

For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.

I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.

For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.

For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, I continue to do the bad things that I do not want to do.

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I am always doing the sinful things I do not want to do.

For I do not do the good thing, which I want to do. But the evil, which I do not want to do, that I do.

I can determine that I am going to do good, but I don’t do it; instead, I end up living out the evil that I decided not to do.

When I want to do good, I don’t; and when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.

For I do not do the good I desire; rather, it is the evil I do not desire that I end up doing.

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not desire, that I do.

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.

For I fail to practice the good deeds I desire to do, but the evil deeds that I do not desire to do are what I am [ever] doing.

I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the bad things I do not want to do.

But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

So I fail to do the good I want to do. Instead, the evil I do not want to do, that is what I keep doing.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

For I do not that good thing which I would, but I do the evil that I would not.

I don't do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.

For I do not that good thing that I will, but I do that evil thing that I will not.

For I don’t do the good thing I want to do, but I end up doing the evil thing I don’t want to do.

Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

After all, the Law itself is really concerned with the spiritual—it is I who am carnal, and have sold my soul to sin. In practice, what happens? My own behaviour baffles me. For I find myself not doing what I really want to do but doing what I really loathe. Yet surely if I do things that I really don’t want to do, I am admitting that I really agree with the Law. But it cannot be said that “I” am doing them at all—it must be sin that has made its home in my nature. (And indeed, I know from experience that the carnal side of my being can scarcely be called the home of good!) I often find that I have the will to do good, but not the power. That is, I don’t accomplish the good I set out to do, and the evil I don’t really want to do I find I am always doing. Yet if I do things that I don’t really want to do then it is not, I repeat, “I” who do them, but the sin which has made its home within me.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

I don’t do the good that I want to do, but I do the evil that I don’t want to do.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

[L For] I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the ·bad [evil] things I do not want to do.

For the good that I want, I do not do; but the evil that I do not want, this I practice.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

I don’t do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don’t want to do.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For I don’t do the good I want; instead, the evil that I don’t want is what I do!

I do not do the good thing I want to do, but I do the wrong thing that I do not want to do.

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

For I fail to do good as I wish, but HaRah (The Evil) which I do not wish is what I commit.

I don’t do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don’t want to do.

For the good I desire to do, I do not do, but the evil I do not want is what I do.

I don’t do the good that I want to do. I do the evil that I don’t want to do.

I do not do the good things that I want to do. I do the bad things that I do not want to do.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want to do, this I do.

For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing.

For I am not doing the good which I am wanting, but I am practicing this evil which I am not wanting.