Romans 7:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ And if I do what I do not want to do, that means I agree that the law is good [^CPaul’s acknowledgement that his behavior is wrong confirms the law’s righteous standards]. ¹⁷ But [^Lnow] I am not really the one who is doing these hated things; it is sin living in me that does them. ¹⁸ ·Yes [^LFor…], I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in ·the part of me that is earthly and sinful [my sinful self; my sinful nature; ^Tmy flesh]. [^LFor] I want to do the things that are good, but I ·do not [or cannot] do them.