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NASB | Romans 7:19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. |
Subject: Paul's evil practices Pre or PostJesus |
Bible Note: To clarify the relationship between the law and sin, Paul analyzes in a personal and dramatic way the sense of impotence for complete law-keeping, and the enslavement to behavior one dislikes, that the Spirit-flesh tension produces (Rom. 7:14-2 5). (J.I. Packer) Hi Doc, What am I missinghere? Packer supports the traditonal reformed position. Paul is decribing his weakness as a born again child of God. As does Piper, Gill, Henry, etc., etc. These men are probably as learned in Greek as anyone on the forum is likely to be. It is also true that I have a personal stake in this. If Paul is describing himself as he had been, and not as he is at the time of his writing...I have just lost an important part of the foundation upon which my regeneration and sanctification are laid. God Bless Doc, John |