Romanos 7:17

17 De manera que ya no obro aquello, sino el pecado que mora 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; ni lo que quiero, hago; antes lo que aborrezco, aquello hago.

16 Y si lo que no quiero, esto hago, apruebo que la ley es buena.

17 De manera que ya no obro aquello, sino el pecado que mora en mí.

18 Y yo sé que en mí (es á saber, en mi carne) no mora el bien: porque tengo el querer, mas efectuar el bien no lo alcanzo.

19 Porque no hago el bien que quiero; mas el mal que no quiero, éste hago.