Romans 7:20

Now, if I do that which I wish not to do, 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 if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

In Context

19For the good that I wish to do, I do not; but the evil that I wish not to do, this I do.

21I find, then, this law: That, when I wish to do good, evil is present with me.

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Cross References

Romans 7:17Now, then, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

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 →

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