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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.

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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

19I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do – that I habitually do.

21This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

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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 →

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