Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. King James Bible Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Darby Bible Translation Now then it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells in me. World English Bible So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. Young's Literal Translation and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me, Romans 7:17 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleIt is no more I that do it - This is evidently figurative language, for it is really the man that sins when evil is committed. But the apostle makes a distinction between sin and what he intends by the pronoun "I". By the former he evidently means his corrupt nature. By the latter he refers to his renewed nature, his Christian principles. He means to say that he does not approve or love it in his present state, but that it is the result of his native propensities and passions. In his heart, and conscience, and habitual feeling, he did not choose to commit sin, but abhorred it. Thus, every Christian can say that he does not choose to do evil, but would wish to be perfect; that he hates sin, and yet that his corrupt passions lead him astray. But sin - My corrupt passions and native propensities. That dwelleth in me - Dwelling in me as its home. This is a strong expression, denoting that sin had taken up its habitation in the mind, and abode there. It had not been yet wholly dislodged. This expression stands in contrast with another that occurs, where it is said that "the Spirit of God dwells" in the Christian, Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16. The sense is, that he is strongly influenced by sin on the one hand, and by the Spirit on the other. From this expression has arisen the phrase so common among Christians, in-dwelling sin. Romans 7:17 Parallel Commentaries Library The Original and the Actual Relation of Man to Law. ROMANS vii. 10.--"The commandment which, was ordained to life, I found to be unto death." The reader of St. Paul's Epistles is struck with the seemingly disparaging manner in which he speaks of the moral law. In one place, he tells his reader that "the law entered that the offence might abound;" in another, that "the law worketh wrath;" in another, that "sin shall not have dominion" over the believer because he is "not under the law;" in another, that Christians "are become dead to the law;" in … William G.T. Shedd—Sermons to the Natural Man The Fainting Warrior There are Therefore in us Evil Desires, by Consenting not unto which we Live... Its Source Cross References Romans 7:20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. Jump to Previous Dwelleth Dwelling Dwells Home Longer Sin Within WorkJump to Next Dwelleth Dwelling Dwells Home Longer Sin Within WorkLinks Romans 7:17 NIVRomans 7:17 NLT Romans 7:17 ESV Romans 7:17 NASB Romans 7:17 KJV Romans 7:17 Bible Apps Romans 7:17 Biblia Paralela Romans 7:17 Chinese Bible Romans 7:17 French Bible Romans 7:17 German Bible Romans 7:17 Commentaries Bible Hub |