罗马书7:14-23
14我们原晓得律法是属乎灵的，但我是属乎肉体的，是已经卖给罪了。15因为我所作的，我自己不明白。我所愿意的，我并不作。我所恨恶的，我倒去作。16若我所作的，是我所不愿意的，我就应承认律法是善的。17既是这样，就不是我作的，乃是住在我里头的罪作的。18我也知道，在我里头，就是我肉体之中，没有良善。因为立志为善由得我，只是行出来由不得我。19故此，我所愿意的善，我反不作。我所不愿意的恶，我倒去作。20若我去作所不愿意作的，就不是我作的，乃是住在我里头的罪作的。21我觉得有个律，就是我愿意为善的时候，便有恶与我同在。22因为按着我里面的意思（原文作人）。我是喜欢神的律。23但我觉得肢体中另有个律，和我心中的律交战，把我掳去叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。
14So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. 15I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. 16But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. 17So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 18And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.#7:18 Greek my flesh; also in 7:25. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. 19I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 20But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 21I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22I love God’s law with all my heart. 23But there is another power#7:23 Greek law; also in 7:23b. within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
