As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. — Paul makes the radical claim: the "true I" (my rational, deliberative self) is not the actor; sin dwelling ἐν ἐμοί (en emoi, "in me") is the agent. This is not moral abdication but diagnosis: the self is inhabited by an alien force. Sin is not merely personal choice but a power indwelling the flesh, exceeding the individual will.

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