Romans 7:17

So really, it’s not us that does those bad things. It’s that bad part of us that is inside us.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

In Context

16We don’t want to do those bad things. We know that they are wrong. So that shows that, really, we agree with the law and we reckon the law is good.

18We know that we can’t do anything good by ourselves. We want to do the right thing, but we can’t.

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Romans 7:18We know that we can’t do anything good by ourselves. We want to do the right thing, but we can’t.

Romans 7:23but there is a big fight going on inside us. That bad part of us makes its own law. It makes us think the wrong way. It makes us its prisoners so that we can’t do the things we really want to do.

Philippians 3:8Yes, they are useless. But I know Jesus Christ. That is the only important thing. He is my leader, and he is really special to me now. I have left every other way, and I only follow him now. I reckon all those other things are rubbish, and I have chucked them away, so that I can join up with Jesus 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 →

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