Here is Part of what Paul said coupled with some noted scholars I list a few below,
Romans 6:11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Here is what I believe and have seen many noted scholars like Wallvoord, Chafer for two teach. When you were an unbeliever you were a slave to your sin nature.
Verse 11 says you died to sin, that is you died to the domination of the sin nature you have in you and you are now alive (Spiritually) through Jesus Christ.
Verse 12 let not sin reign, the believer is not to allow the sin nature to gain control of his life, many do and are in carnality or the flesh. Many obey the lust of that the Old Sin Nature brings back in their lives.
Verse 13 Paul is again saying don't yeild to the Old Nature of sin but serve God through the new nature which is through Christ and by the control of the Holy Spirit. Eph. 5:18 "be ye not drunk (controlled) with wine but be filled (controlled by) with the Spirit." this verse (EPH 5:18) is the Christians way of Life being filled with the Spirit can't go wrong as a believer letting the Spirit control your life.
Verse 14 Sin cannot have dominon over your life anymore, but you can choose to serve it and many do see verse 12, Paul again says you must choose to yield to the Spirit.
Verse 15 self explanatory we shouldn't sin because we aren't under the law.
Verse 16 If you yield to the Old Sin Nature you are it's servant, sin fior the believer brings death, this death I believe is temporal death, God will not hear our prayers and blessings are withheld until we confess and turn back to Him. He chastens us in this time, now if we practice a life of confession 1st John 1:9 then we avoid prolonged periods of temporal death and avoid chastening. Confession of sin for the believer should be immediate, the moment you realize you have sinned. Then you are in obedience unto righteousness, living your life guided by the spirit and in fellowship, loss of answers to prayer and blessing in your life is loss of fellowship.
Verse 17 You have been saved and the Old Sin Nature is no longer dominating your life, you who are believers have obeyed the call of the Holy Spirit and have been saved, and the truth of Christ Effacacious work (doctrine) the work of Christ delievered you by your faith.
Verse 18 You and I as believers were bought out of the slave market of sin, the Old nature no longer our master, we are to follow our new master righteous. Do all the time, every minute of every day, most of us don't, most of us sin in some form every day, mental attittude, sins of omission or the sins of commission, in some form we sin.
Romans 7: 15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Paul is reiterrating the facts of Romans 6 here, reaffirming that even in his life the sin nature cause him to sin in his fleshly body in his soul dwelleth no good thing, that is the Old Nature to sin. He says he did the evil he did not want to do, he too gave into the old nature and sinned but Paul continually confessed that sin and kept on moving.
So the bible teaches you have an old sin nature, Paul made it very clear here in Romans 6 and 7. You need to dig into scripture and look into reference books not just those you were told by someone to look into but those who aren't necessarily recommended study both views with an open heart and let the Holy Spirit show you which is true. If you go into it with your preconceived beliefs then you will be like Nicodemous. 1 Peter 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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