Romans 7:18-25a
Chapter 7
18
I know that what is right does not reside in me, I mean, in my flesh. I can want to do what is right, but I am unable to do it.
19
In fact, I do not do the good I want, but the evil I hate.
20
Therefore, if I do what I do not want to do, I am not the one trying to do wrong, but sin, which is within me.
21
I realize, then, this truth: although I want to do what is right, the evil inside me rises first.
22
My innermost self agrees with and rejoices in the law of God,
23
but I notice in my body another law, challenging the law of the Spirit and making me a slave to the law of sin, which is written in my members.
24
Alas for me! Who will rescue me from this entity that is nothing but death?
25
Let us give thanks to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So, with my conscience, I am a servant of the law of God, and with my mortal body, I serve the law of sin.