Romans Chapter 7 Vs. 20

 

The Law and Sin

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Rom 7:20

but sin that... Paul is making a point again, about the flesh (in verse 17). This in the flesh sin must be put to death.

Paul recognized that even as a believer he had an indwelling principle of sin that once owned him as a slave and that still expressed itself through him to do things he did not want to do and not to do things he desired to do. This is a problem common to all believers.