Romans 7:20

That proves it. It’s not us that does those bad things. It’s that bad part inside us that does those bad things.

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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

19We keep on trying to do good things, but we can’t. No, we keep on doing the bad things we don’t want to do.

21This is what happens. It is like another law. Every time we try to do something good, that bad part of us wants to take control and make us go wrong.

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Cross References

Romans 7:17So really, it’s not us that does those bad things. It’s that bad part of us that is inside us.

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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