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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. |
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Bible Note: Greetings John! Here is my problem, you wrote: "In our fleshly nature we continue to be bound by sin, and I would challenge anyone to dispute that fact." Yet, that is not what Scripture says. Rom. 8:9 says, "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ." Rom. 6:2 says, "By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" Rom. 6:6 says, "For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin" Rom. 6:17-18 says, " But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. " Rom. 6:22 says, "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life." Which of these verses would allow for the statement that we are still bound by sin? Romans 6 and 8, and Gal. 5 all allow for the possiblity of a Christian sinning by choosing to obey the flesh instead of the Spirit, but none of them allow for the view that we are still bound by sin in any fashion. Which is why the latter part of Romans 7 cannot be describing a Christian. The person described in chapther 7 is said to be a slave to sin, which chapter 6 specifically says that we are not any longer. Note also that the latter part of Rom. 7 does not describe a person who wants to do good but fails too often. Rather, it describes a person who never does good, but always does evil. In one of your earlier posts you said that Rom. 7 described you to a T. Does it really? Or, does it describe someone who is still a slave to sin? Have a great day at work my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |