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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.

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