For I know. This is designed as an illustration of what he had just said, that sin dwelt in him.

That is, in my flesh. In …

It is enthralled, and the will is powerless. What I do and what I will are opposite things. It is therefore sin that acts, and not I.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I fin…

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)…

For I know, etc. He says that no good by nature dwelled in him. Then in me, means the same as if he had said, “As far as…

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh
The apostle goes on to give some further account of himself, what he kne…

The purer and holier the heart is, the more keenly it will perceive the sin that remains in it. The believer sees more of the beauty of holine and …

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…