Romans 7:20

20 But if what I do not want [to do], this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

Romans 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:20

Now if I do that I would not
The same conclusion is formed here, as in ( Romans 7:17 ) , not with any view to excuse himself from blame in sinning, but to trace the lusts of his heart, and the sins of his life, to the source and fountain of them, the corruption of his nature; and to ascribe them to the proper cause of them, which was not the law of God, nor the new man, but sin that dwelt in him.

Romans 7:20 In-Context

18 For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.

19 For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.

20 But if what I do not want [to do], this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

21 Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person,