12. Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13. Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.
14. For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15. For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do.
16. If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
17. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18. For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.
19. For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.
20. Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21. I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
22. For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
23. But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members.
24. Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25. The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.