Romans 7:21-25

Expanded Bible

²¹ So I ·have learned this rule [or find this principle/law at work]: When I want to do good, evil is ·there with me [present within me; close at hand]. ²² [^LFor] In ·my mind [my inmost self; ^Lthe person within], I ·am happy with [delight in] God’s law. ²³ But I see ·another law [a different standard; or another power] working in my ·body [or outward actions; ^Lmembers; parts], which makes war against the ·law [standards] that my mind accepts. That other ·law [standard; or power] working in my ·body [or outward actions; ^Lmembers; parts] is the law of sin, and it makes me its prisoner. ²⁴ What a ·miserable [wretched] man I am! Who will ·save [free; rescue; deliver] me from this ·body that brings me death [body doomed to die; or burden of death]? ²⁵ ·I thank God for saving me [^LThanks be to God!] through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So [^Lthen] in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my ·sinful self [sinful nature; ^Tflesh] I am a slave to the ·law [principle; or power] of sin.