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But if what I don`t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
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The Real You vs. Sin
Commentators explain that when Paul says "it is no more I that do it," he distinguishes his true, renewed self from the powerful, indwelling force of sin. This isn't two separate people, but one person with a new nature at war with an old, corrupting influence that still resides within them, which one scholar calls an "alien master."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now if I do, etc. This verse is also a repetition of what was said in Romans 7:16-17.
It is no more I that do it (ουκετ εγω κατεργαζομα αυτο). Just as in verse 17, "no longer do I do it" (the real Εγο, my better self…
19th Century
Anglican
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.
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Baptist
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me: but how to perform that which is good I f…
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)…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now if I do that I would not The same conclusion is formed here, as in (Romans 7:17) , not with any view…
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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 holiness an…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
