^{14 Ref} For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

^{15 Ref} And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

^{16 Ref} But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

^{17 Ref} So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

^{18 Ref} For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.