Romans 7:17
And now it is longer I myself who do the deed, but it is sin which has its home in me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
In Context
16If then I habitually do what I do not intend to do, I am consenting to the Law, that it is right.
Cross References
Romans 7:18For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, no good thing has its home; for while to will is present with me, to carry out that which is right is not.
Romans 7:23but I find a different law in my bodily faculties, waging war with the law of my will, and taking me prisoner to that law of sin which is in my bodily faculties.
Philippians 3:8In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse 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 →