I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I want to act; on the contrary, I do what I detest.

I cannot be good as I want to be, and I do wrong against my wishes.

So this is my experience of the Law: I want to do what is right, but wrong is all I can manage;

Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at the government-authorities, lead an honest life and you will be commended for it;

Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel; it makes me rejoice over you. Still, I want you to be experts in good and innocents in evil.