Romans is often assumed to be a great, systematic theological textbook written by the greatest theologian-Paul. But is Paul really communicating that Christians are bound to struggle-that we should just acknowledge our weakness and move on? If Romans 7:14–25 reflects Paul’s fight and failure with sin, the rest of the letter doesn’t make much sense. Shouldn’t we know better and do better? Should we throw up our arms and cry, “Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” like Paul in Romans 7:24? We can feel uncomfortable in our own skin. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do” (Rom 7:14–15, 19). For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.… I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. ![]() “I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.
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