<p>7:17&nbsp;<i>So now it is not I that do it</i>- The same Greek as in Rom. 6:9, where &ldquo;no more&rdquo; means &lsquo;not any longer&rsquo;, as in Rom. 7:20. For those in Christ, like Paul, our sins are no longer done by us but are considered as committed by the old man, the Adam, the status, sphere and person we are no longer identified with. We are to understand our sins as somehow separate from the real me, the &lsquo;me&rsquo; with whom we finally identify. &lsquo;It&rsquo;s no longer me, but sin who sins&rsquo; seems to be the idea&hellip; as if Paul is dissociating himself from himself; and that&rsquo;s a position which surely all true believers can identify with.</p><p><i>But the sin which dwells in me</i>- An allusion to the Jewish concept of the&nbsp;<i>yetser ha ra</i>, the inclination to evil. The Rabbis taught that this can be curbed by the Law. But Paul is saying that the Law actually empowers this inclination, and the victory is through God&rsquo;s gracious counting of us as right in Christ. See on 7:19&nbsp;<i>the good that I would</i>- a reference to the supposed good inclination in man, the&nbsp;<i>yetser ha tob</i>. The very idea of sin dwelling within me suggests that &ldquo;sin&rdquo; and &ldquo;me&rdquo; are different categories, even if they are related.&nbsp;</p>