I would (3€\w). See on Matt. i.19. Rather desire than will in the sense of full determination, as is shown by J consent (ver. 16), and J delight in (ver. 22).
Do | not (rpdccw). See on John iii. 21. Rev., correctly, practise: the daily doing which issues in accomplishment (at-
epyafouar).
Do I (wrod). See on John iii. 21. More nearly akin to catep- yalouar I accomplish, realize. “When IJ have acted (mpdoca) I find myself face to face with a result which my moral instinct condemns” (Godet). Ido not practise what I would, and the outcome is what I hate.
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16. I consent (cdudnwe). Lit., speak together with ; concur with, since the law also does not desire what I do. Only here in the New Testament.
Good (cards). See on John x. 11, 32; Matt. xxvi. 10; Jas. ii. 7. Morally excellent.
17. Now—no more (vwvl—ovxérs). Not temporal, pointing back to a time when it was otherwise, but logical, pointing to an inference. After this statement you can no more maintain that, ete.
I (ey). My personality proper; my moral self-conscious- ness which has approved the law (ver. 16) and has developed vague desires for something better.*
18. In me. The entire man in whom sin and righteousness struggle, in whose unregenerate condition sin is the victor, hav- ing its domain in the flesh. Hence in me considered as carnal (ver. 14). That another element is present appears from “to will is present with me;” but it is the flesh which determines his activity as an unregenerate man. There is good in the J, but not in the Z considered as carnal. This is brought out in ver. 25, “ With the flesh (I serve) the law of sin.” Hence there is added that zs, in my flesh.
Is present (srapdxerta). Lit., Lies beside or before. Perform (xatepyateoJar). Carry the desire into effect.
I find not (ody etpicxw). The best texts omit find, and read simply ov not. So Rev., “To do that which is good is not (present).”
19. Do not—do (701j—2pdcaw). See on ver. 15.
*T hold that, in this chapter, Paul is describing the condition, not of the regenerate man struggling for sanctification, but of the unregenerate. Those who maintain the opposite view explain J of the regenerate personality, and give now—no more the temporal sense. “It was once my true self, it is no more my true self which works the will of sin.” Dr. Dixon says: ‘‘ Hardly any recent exegete of mark, except Philippi and Delitzsch, lends countenance to the view that Paul is depicting the experiences of the believer under grace in conflict with sin.”
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91. A law. With the article, the law. The constant rule of experience imposing itself on the will. Thus in the phrases law of faith, works, the spirit. Here the law of moral contra- diction.
When I would (76 9érov7e euol). Lit., as Rev., to me who would, or to the wishing me, thus emphasizing the J whose characteristic it is to wish, but not to do.
29. I delight in (cuvjdouar). Lit., L rejoice with. Stronger than J consent unto (ver. 16). It is the agreement of moral sympathy.
The inward man (tov go dvIpwrov). The rational and moral J, the essence of the man which is conscious of itself as an ethical personality. Not to be confounded with the new man (Eph. iv. 24; Col. iii. 10).* It is substantially the same with the mind (ver. 28).
23. | see (GAé7w). See on John i. 29. Paul is a spectator of his own personality.
Another (érepov). See on Matt. vi. 24.
Warring against (dvtictpatevopevov). Only here in the New Testament. Taking the field against.
The law of my mind (76 véu@ 70d vods pov). Nods mind, is a term distinctively characteristic of Paul, though not con- fined to him. See Luke xxiv. 45; Apoe. xiii. 185; xvii. 9.