Rom 7:17 | TNotes | STEP | 7:17 I am not the one doing wrong: Paul is not evading responsibility for his sin (see also 7:20 ). Rather, he is saying that because he genuinely wants to do what the law commands, some other factor must be causing him to do just the opposite. That factor is sin living in me . Paul experiences a divide between his will and his actions.

‏ Romans 7:17

7:17 ^a I am not the one doing wrong: Paul is not evading responsibility for his sin (see also 7:20 ^b). Rather, he is saying that because he genuinely wants to do what the law commands, some other factor must be causing him to do just the opposite. That factor is sin living in me. Paul experiences a divide between his will and his actions.