“Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.”
Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. — The restatement of 7:17 reinforces the diagnosis: the true self (the "I" that θέλω, thelō, "wills the good") is not the active agent in transgression; sin's indwelling power is. This is Paul's answer to the question of moral responsibility: the self is accountable yet captive, responsible yet enslaved to a power exceeding its will.
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