So now (νυν δε). A logical contrast, "as the case really stands."

But sin that dwelleth in me (αλλ' η ενοι…

It is no more I that do it. This is evidently figurative language, for it is really the man who sins when evil is committed. But the apost…

This, then, appears to be the true explanation of the difficulty. There is really a dualism in the soul. I am not to be identified with that lower …

But sin that dwelleth in me.

I would be earnest in prayer, and my thoughts are distracted. I would love God with all my heart, and s…

At the outset Paul wants it understood that he is not depreciating the law, for it is “spiritual” (GK 4461)—that is, emanating from God (vv.22, 25)…

Now it is no more I who do it, etc. This is not the pleading of one excusing himself, as though he were blameless, as the case is with man…

Now then, it is no more I that do it
This is another inference, deduced from what is before said, that since he did not approv…

Compared with the holy rule of conduct in the law of God, the apostle found himself so very far short of perfection that he seemed to be carnal, li…

1. After showing that the law is neither evil nor the cause of an evil effect, the Apostle now proves that the law is good.

   In this r…