19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

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19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(A) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(B)

21 So I find this law at work:(C) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(D) I delight in God’s law;(E) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(F) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(G) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(H)

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