Romans 7:20
But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
Open English Bible (US)
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
21This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!
Cross References
Romans 7:17This being so, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is 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 →