Romans 7:17
But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
In Context
16But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.
Romans 7:23but I see a different law in my body-parts, warring against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my body-parts.
Philippians 3:8But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25
Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →