Romans 7:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 7:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 7:18 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 7:18 — 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.”
— Romans 7:18 (KJV)
Romans 7:18 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 7:18
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:18: know, good, thing
“The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:18: know, thing, how
“Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:18: know, good, thing
“And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:18: know, thing, how
“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:18: know, good, thing
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