Romans 7:13–22

13  Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

14  For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am fleshly, sold under sin. 15  For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise. 16  But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that it is right. 17  Now then it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me. 18  For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right I find not. 19  For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do. 20  But if what I do not will, this I practise, it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me. 21  I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there. 22  For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man: