Romans 7...

David Field has very helpfully blogged his summary of Tom Wright's reading of Paul's letter to the Romans. It is here: http://www.davidpfield.com/other/Climbing-Mount-Romans.pdf
I want to share what I learned in Bible study this year, having turned up thinking that Wright's exegesis of the "I" as Israel was the correct reading.

In 7:7-13 we find not Israel but ADAM. He was the only human who was ever "alive" before the law came (7:9), everyone else has been dead since Adam, even before the law came (5:13-14).

But in 7:14-25 we find not Adam but a Christian man who has a new inner being (7:22, 25b) by the Spirit (7:6). This Christian, when he sees how sinful he is, is completely justified in turning to praise God as he has assurance God will rescue him from his sin through Jesus Christ (7:24-25a, see 8:11).

Enjoy - and would LOVE to know what you think...