Romans 7:17
But now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
In Context
16Now if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. I have the desire to do what is right, but I find that the ability to carry it out is lacking.
Romans 7:23but I see another law at work in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner to the law of sin that is in my members.
Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish so 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 →