15. I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.
16. Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right.
17. So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me.
18. I know that good does not live in me — that is, in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.