Romans 7:14-25

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. ²² For I joyfully agree with the law of God ^[c]in ^(M)the inner person, ²³ but I see ^(N)a different law in ^[d]the parts of my body waging war against the ^(O)law of my mind, and making me a prisoner ^[e]of ^(P)the law of sin, the law which is in ^[f]my body’s parts. ²⁴ Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from ^[g](Q)the body of this ^(R)death? ^25 (S)Thanks 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 ^(T)the law of sin.