Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 7:17

"So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me." — Romans 7:17 (ASV)

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 something else comes in and steals away a part of it. I would be holy as God is holy, but I find myself falling short of my desires. So the apostle means.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

The renewed man still stands firm against sin. His heart does not desire to sin, but that old nature within him will sin even to the end.

Now then it is no more I that do it,

The real "I," the true "I," the new-born "ego." Thank God for that—to have a will to do good, to have a strong, passionate desire to be holy. To will is present with me.