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

15For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate. 16But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good. But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me. 18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. 19For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

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 if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.
• Romans 4:7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
• 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
• Philippians 3:8More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ,
• Romans 7:18For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.
• James 4:5Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

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

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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