So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.