ROMANS 7 is the OLD MAN; ROMANS 8 in the NEW MAN IN CHRIST FREE TO WALK IN GOD'S SPIRIT. Read also ROMANS 6 and JOHN 8:31-36; 1 JOHN 3:3-10; ROMANS 3:31. Salvation is from sin not to continue in sin.
1 JOHN 2:1 [1], My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous
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Oh how I love when people make such assertions.
"ROMANS 7 is the OLD MAN" No, Roman's 7 is the Apostle Paul telling us his struggle while he is saved.
7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Romans
You need to look at the tense Paul is speaking in. He isn't talking in these verses about the old man, (that was verses 7-13); but in versec14 Paul switches to the present tense.
Paul didn't struggle with sin as a lost person; he only struggled after getting saved! But look at what he says as he continues ...
7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Romans
This isn't the old man! This is what is revealed by the Holy Spirit!
7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Romans
Paul literally tells us that the "evil" (he knows its evil), is what he does.
7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. Romans
Do you see that? "when I would do good, evil is present with me" This is the saved new Paul, speaking under the inspiration of God, about his CURRENT state.
7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Romans
Since when do lost men say, "I delight in the law of God"?
7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans
You see, Paul's soul was regenerated, and there was a struggle of the desires of his sinful flesh, and his regenerated soul, and mind.
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans
The key here is that Paul tells us that, regardless of the struggle we have with our sinful flesh, the law has no more condemning power (jurisdiction) over us. Hence, we have returned to ....
4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Romans
and ...
5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Romans
Paul was a sinner, a sinning sinner .... saved by grace.