Romans 7:14-20

14We understand that God's Law is spiritual. But I am weak and human. I am like a slave that has sin as my master.

15I do not understand the things that I do. I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, I do the things that I hate to do.

16But I do not want to do those wrong things. So I am agreeing that God's Law is good.

17So it is not really I myself who am doing those wrong things. Instead, sin has power in my life. It is sin that causes me to do wrong things.

18I know that there is nothing good in me. I am weak and human. I want to do what is good. But I am unable to do it.

19I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, I continue to do the bad things that I do not want to do.

20So, when I do bad things that I do not want to do, it is not really I myself who do them. It is sin that causes me to do wrong things, because it has power in my life.