Cross references

Romans 7:18

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.

Romans 7:18 BSB

Romans 7:18 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 28 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:6 (19 votes) and Psalm 51:5 (18 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 6 to 1 Peter 4.

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Which verses does Romans 7:18 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 3:619 votes

    Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

  2. Psalm 51:518 votes

    Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

  3. For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

  4. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God. Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope. …

  5. Romans 7:2514 votes

    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

  6. Job 14:413 votes

    Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

  7. What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, …

  8. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  9. Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

  10. For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

  11. Titus 3:38 votes
  12. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

  13. For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

  14. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

  15. Job 25:45 votes

Which verses point to Romans 7:18?

The 10 strongest of 26.