Romans 7:14-21

New American Standard Bible

The Conflict of Serving Two Masters

¹⁴ For we know that the Law is ^(A)spiritual, but I am ^(B)fleshly, ^(C)sold ^[a](D)into bondage to sin. ¹⁵ For ^(E)I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing ^(F)what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. ¹⁶ However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with ^(G)the Law, that the Law is good. ¹⁷ But now, ^(H)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. ¹⁸ For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my ^(I)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. ¹⁹ For ^(J)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. ²⁰ But if I do the very thing I do not want, ^(K)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

²¹ I find then ^(L)the ^[b]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.