The corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. ( Romans 7:18,23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8; Romans 7:23-25; Galatians 5:17 )
The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Chapter 6, Paragraph 5
Recommended Resources:
The 1689 on Indwelling Sin (6.5) from Doctrine and Devotion
Indwelling Sin in Believers by John Owen
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