So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. — There is a νόμος (nomos, "law") operating in the flesh: the law of sin's presence and power. Even when the will (θέλημα, thelēma, "desire") orients toward the good, evil (κακόν, kakon) is present as a counter-force. The "law" here is not God's Torah but the principle of sin's habitation in the σάρξ (sarx, "flesh").

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