The apostle Paul gave a vivid description of his own fight against sin, saying: “I really delight in the law of God according to the man I am within, but I see in my body another law warring against the law of my mind and leading me captive to sin’s law that is in my body. ” ​ — Romans 7: 22, 23.
Apustulis Pāvils spilgti aprakstīja savu iekšējo cīņu ar grēcīgajām nosliecēm: ” Mans iekšējais cilvēks rod prieku Dieva bauslībā, bet savos locekļos es jūtu citu likumu, kas karo ar mana prāta likumu un sagūsta mani, pakļaujot grēka likumam, kas ir manos locekļos. ”