
Insisting that a true believer could never say that he is presently “sold under sin,” we are told that this must be Paul continuing to speak of a pre-conversion experience.

Many commentators have suggested, in light of what Paul said in chapter 6 and what he says in chapter 8, that Romans 7 cannot be Paul speaking about the ordinary experience of believers in this life.

One of the most widely debated portions of Scripture in the history of biblical interpretation is, no doubt, that portion of Romans 7 in which Paul speaks of what has been commonly called “indwelling sin” in the life of a believer (Rom.
