Romans 7:17
Now, then, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
In Context
16If, then, I do that which I wish not to do, I give assent to the law, that it is good.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good; for to will is present with me; but to perform that which is good, I find not.
Romans 7:23but I perceive another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind, and making me a captive to the law of sin, which is in my members.
Philippians 3:8Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,
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 →