19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I (A)delight in the law of God according to (B)the inward man. 23 But (C)I see another law in (D)my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(A) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(B)

21 So I find this law at work:(C) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(D) I delight in God’s law;(E) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(F) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(G) at work within me.

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