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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.
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For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
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Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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