Romans 7:17

Romans 7:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
• New International Version (NIV)As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Context of Romans 7:17

15I don’t realize what I’m doing. I don’t do what I want to do. Instead, I do what I hate. 16I don’t do what I want to do, but I agree that God’s standards are good. So I am no longer the one who is doing the things I hate, but sin that lives in me is doing them. 18I know that nothing good lives in me; that is, nothing good lives in my corrupt nature. Although I have the desire to do what is right, I don’t do it. 19I don’t do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don’t want to do.

Romans 7:17 word by word

νυνὶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγὼ κατεργάζομαι αὐτὸ ἀλλ᾽ ἡ οἰκοῦσα ἐν ἐμοὶ ἁμαρτία.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Nowνυνίnuni · nowG3570
• thenδέde · thenG1161
• it is no moreοὐκέτιouketi · not any moreG3765
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• doκατεργάζομαιkatergazomai · to workout/produceG2716
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• that dwellethοἰκέωoikeō · to dwellG3611
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Romans 7:17

• Romans 7:20Now, when I do what I don’t want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it. Sin that lives in me is doing it.
• Romans 4:7“Blessed are those whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sins are pardoned.
• 2 Corinthians 8:12with whatever contributions you have. Since you are willing to do this, ⌞remember⌟ that people are accepted if they give what they are able to give. God doesn’t ask for what they don’t have.
• Philippians 3:8It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain Christ
• Romans 7:18I know that nothing good lives in me; that is, nothing good lives in my corrupt nature. Although I have the desire to do what is right, I don’t do it.
• James 4:5Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

Commentaries on Romans 7:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Now then it is no more I - It is not that I which constitutes reason and conscience, but sin-corrupt and sensual inclinations, that dwelleth in me - that has the entire domination over my reason, darkening my understanding, and perverting my judgment; for which there is condemnation in the law, but no cure. So we find here that there is a principle in the unregenerate man stronger than reason itself; a principle which is, properly speaking, not of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17It is no more I that do it - This is evidently figurative language, for it is really the man that sins when evil is committed. But the apostle makes a distinction between sin and what he intends by the pronoun “I”. By the former he evidently means his corrupt nature. By the latter he refers to his renewed nature, his Christian principles. He means to say that he does not approve or love it in his present state, but that it is the result of his native…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 Compared with the holy rule of conduct in the law of God, the apostle found himself so very far short of perfection, that he seemed to be carnal; like a man who is sold against his will to a hated master, from whom he cannot set himself at liberty. A real Christian unwillingly serves this hated master, yet cannot shake off the galling chain, till his powerful and gracious Friend above, rescues him. The remaining evil of his heart is a real…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17it is no longer I who do it: Paul is not avoiding responsibility for his sin (see also 7:20). Instead, he explains that he truly wants to do what the law commands. Because of this, something else must be causing him to act in the opposite way. That cause is sin living in him. Paul describes a conflict between what he wants to do and what he actually does.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Now then it is no more I--my renewed self. that do it--"that work it." but sin which dwelleth in me--that principle of sin that still has its abode in me. To explain this and the following statements, as many do (even Bengel and Tholuck), of the sins of unrenewed men against their better convictions, is to do painful violence to the apostle's language, and to affirm of the unregenerate what is untrue. That coexistence and mutual hostility of "flesh"…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 7:17

• Conscience
• Good and Evil
• Justification
• Man
• Stoicism

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Romans 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings