Romans 7:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version

For I do things that I do not understand. For I do not do the good that I want to do. But the evil that I hate is what I do.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled, bewildered]. I do not practice or accomplish what I wish, but I do the very thing that I loathe [which my moral instinct condemns].

American Standard Version (1901)

For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

Common English Bible

I don’t know what I’m doing, because I don’t do what I want to do. Instead, I do the thing that I hate.