King James:
17. Now then, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
The Living Bible
17. But I can't help myself, because I'm no longer doing it. It is sin inside me that is stronger than I am that makes me do these evil things.
18. I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn I can't make muyself do right. I want to but I can't.
19. When I want to do good, I don't; and when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.
20. Now if I am doing what I don't want to, it is plain where the trouble is: sin still has me in ites evil grasp.
21. It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
22. I love to do God's willso far as my new nature is concerned;
23, 24, 25. but there is something else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a sloave to the sin tha tis still within me. In my mind I want to be God's willing servant but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin. So you see how it is: my new life tells me to do right, but the old nature that is still inside me loves to sin. Oh what a terrible predicament I'm in! Who will free me from my slavery to this deadly lower nature? Thank God! It has been done by Jesus Christ our Lord. He has set me free.
