For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. |
For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. |
For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. |
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. |
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]. |
For that which I do, I do not understand. For that which I desire, this I do not practice. But that which I hate, this I am doing. |
My own behaviour baffles me. For I find myself doing what I really loathe but not doing what I really want to do. |
Indeed, I do not understand what I do, for I do not practice what I want to do, but I am always doing what I hate. |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.