Romans 7:15-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ [^LFor] I do not understand the things I do. [^LFor] I do not do what I want to do, and I do the things I hate. ¹⁶ And if I do what I do not want to do, that means I agree that the law is good [^CPaul’s acknowledgement that his behavior is wrong confirms the law’s righteous standards]. ¹⁷ But [^Lnow] I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them. ¹⁸ ·Yes [^LFor…], I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in ·the part of me that is earthly and sinful [my sinful self; my sinful nature; ^Tmy flesh]. [^LFor] I want to do the things that are good, but I ·do not [or cannot] do them. ¹⁹ [^LFor] I do not do the good things I want to do, but I do the ·bad [evil] things I do not want to do. ²⁰ So if I do things I do not want to do, then I am not the one doing them. It is sin living in me that does those things.