18 For I know that ^vnothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

20 ^zSurely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

8 ^oIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^pthe truth is not in us.

23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this ^zbody of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

17 For ^wthe desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, ^xto keep you from doing the things you want to do.