[jo kus]

Christians sin. They just don't make it a practice.

If you have sinned, you have practiced it, have you not? You are putting words into John's writings that are not there. He doens't say "if you sin once, you are ok, only 10 times per month - then you are from the devil".

Romans 7 has for almost 1700 years (if not longer) been interpreted that Paul was speaking in regards to a non-Christian

The chapter uses the first person pronoun "I", indicative of his own personal struggle with sin and the reliance in the end on Jesus Christ to save us from the flesh. According to you, the "non-Christian" won't be making the choice between good and evil, and will always choose the evil, correct? According to Reformed theology, isn't that the anthropology of man? That he can never choose good? There is no such contest within the non-Christian - all are wicked and no one seeks out the Lord? Correct? Now, you are saying something different in that Romans 7 refers only to non-Christians...

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[HarleyD]

If you have sinned, you have practiced it, have you not? You are putting words into John's writings that are not there.

I'm not putting words into John's mouth. That is what he states. If you have a better Catholic interpretation I would be open to listening to it. Especially this one

1Jo 5:18 We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

I know the answer to this. It's a mystery.

According to Reformed theology, isn't that the anthropology of man? That he can never choose good? There is no such contest within the non-Christian ...

Man can never choose good things that are pleasing to God. Christ said,

Mat 7:11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

Non-Christians can still do nice things. They just can't do the things that are of God.

All that being said I would like to know how people who don't believe in original sin would interpret Paul's statement?

Rom 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.