Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 4
Romans 7:14-20
The Thing I Hate, I Do
Law, Conflict, and the Cry for Rescue · Romans 7
Story guide: Disclosed visual essay. Paul describes the divided will: he does not practice the good he wants but does what he hates. The one reflected person remains responsible and anguished; sin is not turned into a demon or second personality.
Open this scene in the reader →14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
15For I do not understand what I am doing, because I do not practice what I want; instead, I do the very thing I hate.
16But if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
17But now I am no longer the one doing it, but sin dwelling in me.
18For I know that nothing good dwells in me—that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present with me, but the doing of the good is not.
19For I do not do the good that I want, but the evil that I do not want—this I practice.
20But if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin dwelling in me.
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