Romans 7:20
Now if I do what I am not willing to do, it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin which lives within me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.
21And so, I discover the law, by wanting to do good within myself, though evil lies close beside me.
Cross References
Romans 7:17But I am then acting not according to the law, but according to the sin which lives within 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 →