Romans 7:17
But now it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin living in me.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to do what is good, I do not find.
Romans 7:23But I see a different law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind, and capturing me by the law of sin which is in my members.
Philippians 3:8More than that I also consider all things to be loss, on account of the surpassing worth of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order 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 →