Romans 7:16-22

¹⁶Since I do the evil things that I do not want to do, I agree that the laws of God are good.

¹⁷So, it is not that I do evil things because I wish to do them. Instead, what happens is that I do sinful things because the desire to sin causes me to do them. The desire to sin ◄is within/permeates► me PRS.

¹⁸I know that my self-directed nature will not let me PRS do anything that is good. I know this because I want to do what is good, but I do not do what is good.

¹⁹I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do.

²⁰Because I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that I do evil things because I want to. Instead, I do them because my self-directed nature, which permeates me PRS, causes me to do them.

²¹I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil desire present within me that PRS prevents me from doing good.

²²With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.