Romans 7:17
But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
In Context
16So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that what is good does not live within me, that is, within my flesh. For the willingness to do good lies close to me, but the carrying out of that good, I cannot reach.
Romans 7:23But I perceive another law within my body, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me with the law of sin which is in my body.
Philippians 3:8Yet truly, I consider everything to be a loss, because of the preeminent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of everything, considering it all to be like dung, so 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 →