[112] For this meaning of θέλειν see the closely parallel passage, the almost sketch or embryo of this paragraph, Gal. v. 17.
[113] Read not οὐχ εὑρίσκω, but simply οὔ.
[114] Again ποιῶ and πράσσω, as in ver. 16.
[115] In itself, the phrase ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος is neutral. By usage it attaches itself to ideas of regeneration. See 2 Cor. iv. 16, Eph. iii. 16.
[116] Αἰχμαλωτίζοντα: "Making me prisoner of war." Observe the present tense, which indicates not necessarily the full success of the strategy, but its aim.
[117] The Greek equally allows the rendering "out of this body of death."
[118] Read χάρις τῷ Θεῶ.
CHAPTER XVII
THE JUSTIFIED: THEIR LIFE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT