What part of you is Christian? What part of you did God make righteous, through His own righteousness? The part of you that sins [and is not in Christ], or the part of you that is in Christ [in Christ there is no sin]? The part of you that sins [the sin that dwelleth in you] is not Christian. It is not righteous, and never will be.Nineveh said:Lighthouse,
Yes, it is.
Which means he isn't a sinner, as in unrepentant/held accountable/going to hell, but he is admitting he commits acts contrary to what the Spirit would want him to do.
I have to agree with Knight here, it seems to be a game of semantics. Why try to sugar coat the word when it is what it is. Surely Paul could not have used a more descriptive word than evil (Morally bad or wrong; wicked).