Paul himself gives the answer: “If, now, what I do not wish is what I do, the one working it out is no longer I, but the sin dwelling in me. ” ​ — Romans 7: 20.
Paulus ka vastab: „Kui ma nüüd teen seda, mida ma ei taha, siis ei tee seda enam mina, vaid patt, mis minus elab ”.