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15 For gar I do ginōskō not ou understand ginōskō my own hos actions katergazomai; for gar I am prassō not ou doing prassō what hos I want thelō to do, but alla I am doing poieō what hos I hate miseō. 16 But de if ei I am doing poieō what hos I do not ou want thelō to do, I agree symphēmi with the ho law nomos, that hoti it is good kalos. 17 So de now nyni it is no ouketi longer I myself egō doing katergazomai it autos, but alla · ho sin hamartia living oikeō in en me egō. 18 For gar I know oida that hoti nothing ou good agathos dwells oikeō in en me egō, that houtos is eimi, in en · ho my egō flesh sarx; for gar I egō have parakeimai the ho desire thelō to do what ho is right kalos, · ho but de I am unable ou to do katergazomai it. 19 For gar I do poieō not ou do the good agathos I want thelō, but alla the evil kakos I do not ou want thelō is what houtos I do prassō. 20 Now de if ei I egō do poieō what hos I do not ou want thelō, it is no ouketi longer I egō who do katergazomai it autos, but alla · ho sin hamartia that lives oikeō in en me egō.

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15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.(A) 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. 17 But in fact it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability.(B) 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.

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