²³ I am torn between the two: I desire to depart^(A) and be with Christ,^(B) which is better by far;

²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,^(A) groan^(B) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(C) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(D) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(E) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(F) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(G)

²² For in my inner being^(A) I delight in God’s law;^{(B) 23} but I see another law at work in me, waging war^(C) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin^(D) at work within me. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?^{(E) 25} Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!^(F)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,^(G) but in my sinful nature^[a] a slave to the law of sin.^(H)