12. so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.
13. That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,
14. for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;
15. for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.
16. And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,
17. and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,
18. for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,
19. for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.
20. And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.
21. I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,