Romanos 7:17

17 Así que ya no soy yo el que lo hace, 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 Porque lo que hago, no lo entiendo; porque no practico lo que quiero hacer, sino que lo que aborrezco, eso hago.

16 Y si lo que no quiero hacer, eso hago, estoy de acuerdo con la ley, reconociendo que es buena.

17 Así que ya no soy yo el que lo hace, sino el pecado que habita en mí.

18 Porque yo sé que en mí, es decir, en mi carne, no habita nada bueno; porque el querer está presente en mí, pero el hacer el bien, no.

19 Pues no hago el bien que deseo, sino que el mal que no quiero, eso practico.