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A Believer's Struggle
While some debate exists, most commentators (like Calvin, Gill, and Henry) argue Paul is describing the internal conflict of a genuine Christian. An unbeliever is carried along by sin, but a believer has a new nature that loves God's law and hates sin. This creates the intense struggle Paul describes, where one's actions don't always align with their deepest, renewed desires.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 7:15
18th Century
Theologian
For that which I do. That is, the evil which I do, the sin of which I am conscious, and which troubles me.
I allow not. I …
AT Robertson
On Romans 7:15
I know not (ου γινωσκω). "I do not recognize" in its true nature. My spiritual perceptions are dulled, blinded by sin ([Reference …
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 7:15
19th Century
Bishop
That which I do I allow not.—Rather, that which I perform I do not know. I act blindly, and without any conscious direction of th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 7:15
19th Century
Preacher
For that which I do I allow not:
I often do that which I do not justify, which I do not wish to do again, which I abhor myself for d…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 7:15
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)…
John Calvin
On Romans 7:15
16th Century
Theologian
For what I do I know not, etc. He now comes to a more particular case, that of a man already regenerated, in whom both the things…
John Gill
On Romans 7:15
17th Century
Pastor
For that which I do, I allow not
The apostle having cleared the law from the charge of being the cause either of sin…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 7:14–17
17th Century
Minister
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…