Romans 7:20 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 7:20

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

KJV

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ASV

But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.

WEB

And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

YLT

And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

DBT

But if what I do not will, this I practise, [it is] no longer I [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 7:17
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
John 13:10
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

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Fain he would be free from all sin, and perfectly do the will of God, such was his settled judgment; but his corrupt nature drew him another way: it was like a clog, that checked and kept him down when he would have soared upward, like the bias in a bowl, which, when it is thrown straight, yet draws it aside.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), not as an excuse for the guilt of his sin (it is enough to condemn us, if we were under the law, that the sin which does the evil dwelleth in us), but as a salvo for his evidences, that he might not sink in despair, but take comfort from the covenant of grace, which accepts the willingness of the spirit, and has provided pardon for the weakness of the flesh.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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