¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into slavery to sin^b. ¹⁵For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want to do, this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.

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bLiterally “sold under sin”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave under sin. For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want to do, but I do what I hate.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.

KJV 1900King James Version

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

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