10. And the commandment, which was intended for life, proved to be death in me.
11. For sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and killed me through it.
12. So then, the law is holy and the commandment is holy and just and good.
13. Therefore has that which is good become death unto me? God forbid! Rather, sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was working death in me through that which is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
14. We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15. For what I am doing, I do not understand, for I do not practice what I will to do, but I do the very thing I hate.
16. But if I practice what I do not will to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
17. So now it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.
18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing, for the will to do what is right is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.