13. Did the good, then, become death for me? Of course not! Sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin, worked death in me through the good, so that sin might become sinful beyond measure through the commandment.
14. We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold into slavery to sin.
15. What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate.
16. Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good.
17. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
18. For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but doing the good is not.