Romanos 7:17

17 pero, en ese caso, ya no soy yo quien lo lleva a cabo sino el pecado que habita en mí.

Romanos 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 7:17

Now then, it is no more I that do it
This is another inference, deduced from what is before said, that since he did not approve, but hated what he did, and willed the contrary, it was not he as spiritual, as born again, as a new man, a new creature, that did it; see ( 1 John 3:9 ) . He says,

But sin that dwelleth in me;
the old man, the carnal I, the evil present with him, the law in his members; which not only existed in him, and wrought in him, and that at times very strongly, but dwelt in him, had its abode in him, as it has in all regenerate persons, and will have, as long as they are in the body.

Romanos 7:17 In-Context

15 No entiendo lo que me pasa, pues no hago lo que quiero, sino lo que aborrezco.

16 Ahora bien, si hago lo que no quiero, estoy de acuerdo en que la ley es buena;

17 pero, en ese caso, ya no soy yo quien lo lleva a cabo sino el pecado que habita en mí.

18 Yo sé que en mí, es decir, en mi naturaleza pecaminosa, nada bueno habita. Aunque deseo hacer lo bueno, no soy capaz de hacerlo.

19 De hecho, no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero.