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19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what 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 what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within 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 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.
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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,
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For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
23 but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
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but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
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