14 We know that the law is holy. But I am not. I have been sold to be a slave of sin.
15 I don't understand what I do. I don't do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate to do.
16 I do what I don't want to do. So I agree that the law is good.
17 As it is, I am no longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me that does them.
18 I know there is nothing good in my sinful nature. I want to do what is good, but I can't.
19 I don't do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don't want to do.
20 I do what I don't want to do. But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in me.