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I Do Not Understand My Own Actions

Romans 7:15

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Scott Postma
May 30, 2025
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“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” -Romans 7:15

What Paul means exactly in this passage has been, in some theological circles, an ongoing debate; and, how one chooses to understand it carries notable implications. That said, the most strait forward translation seems to make the most sens…

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