Romans 7:13-25

13Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? 12Far from it! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by bringing about my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

14For we know that the Law is 3spiritual, but I am 4fleshly, 5sold 67into bondage to sin. 15For 8I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing 9what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with 10the Law, that the Law is good. 17But now, 11no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my 12flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19For 13the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20But if I do the very thing I do not want, 14I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

21I find then 15the 16principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22For I joyfully agree with the law of God 17in 18the inner person, 23but I see 19a different law in 20the parts of my body waging war against the 21law of my mind, and making me a prisoner 22of 23the law of sin, the law which is in 24my body’s parts. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from 2526the body of this 27death? 2528Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh 29the law of sin.