Verse 18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) nothing good dwells: for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For jeg vet at i meg (det vil si, i mitt kjøtt) bor ingen god ting; for å ville er nærværende med meg; men hvordan jeg skal utføre det gode, finner jeg ikke.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For jeg vet at det ikke bor noe godt i meg (det vil si, i min kjødelige del); jeg vil det gode, men finner ikke det.

• Norsk King James

  For jeg vet at i meg (det er, i mitt kjøtt) finnes det ingen godhet; for å ville er til stede hos meg; men hvordan jeg skal utføre det gode, finner jeg ikke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjøtt, bor det ikke noe godt; for viljen har jeg, men å utføre det gode, evner jeg ikke.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For jeg vet at i meg (det er, i mitt kjød,) bor intet godt: for viljen er til stede hos meg; men hvordan å utføre det gode finner jeg ikke.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjøtt, bor det ikke noe godt. Viljen har jeg, men ikke evnen til å gjøre det gode.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjøtt, bor intet godt. Viljen har jeg, men å gjøre det gode, finner jeg ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For jeg vet at hos meg (det vil si i mitt kjødelige jeg) bor ingenting godt; for jeg har viljen, men jeg finner ikke hvordan jeg skal utføre det gode.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det intet godt. For viljen til å gjøre det gode er hos meg, men å utføre det gode makter jeg ikke.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det intet godt. For viljen til å gjøre det gode er hos meg, men å utføre det gode makter jeg ikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor intet godt: Viljen finnes hos meg, men å gjøre det gode, finner jeg ikke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det intet godt. For viljen er til stede hos meg, men å fullbyrde det gode makter jeg ikke.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi jeg veed, at i mig, det er i mit Kjød, boer ikke (noget) Godt; thi at ville, det staaer i min Magt, men at udrette det Gode, formaaer jeg ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 1769 norsk

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det intet godt. Viljen har jeg, men å fullføre det gode finner jeg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor intet godt. For viljen har jeg, men å gjøre det gode finner jeg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det ikke noe godt; for jeg har viljen, men å utføre det gode finner jeg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For jeg vet at i mitt kjød bor det intet godt, for viljen har jeg, men å fullføre det gode finner jeg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For jeg vet at i meg, det vil si i mitt kjød, bor det ikke noe godt: jeg har viljen, men ikke evnen til å gjøre det gode.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For I knowe that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) dwelleth no good thinge. To will is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for I knowe that in me (yt is, in my flesh) there dwelleth no good thinge.To wyll is present wt me, but to perfourme yt which is good,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to wil is preset with me: but I find no meanes to perform that which is good.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I knowe, that in me, that is to say in my fleshe, dwelleth no good thyng. For to wyll, is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good [is] not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Referenced Verses

• John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Rom 7:25 : 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• Gen 6:5 : 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled a pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
• Ps 119:115-117 : 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe, and I shall observe Your statutes continually.
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
• Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
• Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• Rom 8:3-9 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh. 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
• Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish.
• Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousy, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Gal 5:24 : 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
• Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
• Phil 3:12 : 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
• Ps 119:173 : 173 Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
• Rom 7:5 : 5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, worked in our members to bear fruit to death.
• Rom 7:15 : 15 For what I do, I do not understand: for what I want to do, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do.
• Rom 7:19 : 19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not want to do, that I do.
• Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your statutes!
• Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart.
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?
• Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.