Romans 7:20

20 Finally yf I do that I wolde not then is it not I that doo it but synne that dwelleth in me doeth it.

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 knowe that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) dwelleth no good thinge. To will is present with me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good.

19 For I doo not yt good thinge which I wold: but that evill do I which I wolde not.

20 Finally yf I do that I wolde not then is it not I that doo it but synne that dwelleth in me doeth it.

21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good evyll is present with me.

22 I delite in the lawe of God concerninge the inner man.