Romans 7:13-23

Revised Geneva Translation

¹³ Was, then, that which is good made death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it might appear sin, wrought death in me by that which is good, so that sin (through the Commandment) might be excessively sinful.

¹⁴ For we know that the Law is spiritual. But I am carnal, sold under sin.

¹⁵ For I do not understand that which I do. For what I will to do, that do I not do. But what I hate, that I do.

¹⁶ If, then, I do that which I do not want to do, I consent to the Law, that it is good.

¹⁷ So, then, it is no more me who does it, but sin which dwells in me.

¹⁸ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) no good thing dwells. For to will is present with me. But I find no means to perform that which is good.

¹⁹ For I do not do the good thing which I want to do. But the evil, which I do not want to do, that I do.

²⁰ Now, if I do that which I do not want, it is no more I who do it, but the sin which dwells in me.

²¹ I find, therefore, a law that when I would like to do good, evil is present with me.

²² For I delight in the Law of God, concerning the inner man.

²³ But I see another law in my limbs, rebelling against the law of my mind, and leading me captive to the law of sin, which is in my limbs.