Paul once believe he was perfect righteous and blameless against the law. ............"as to the righteousness before the law, blameless" (Phil. 3:6). This is said when he was a Pharisee named Saul.

After his conversion, he find out so many sins in him, which he came to know from the commandment "Do not covet". He thought he understood the law well as a Pharisee and thus stand perfect before the Law, but he admitted "I live apart from the law once".

After his conversion he JUST knew what sin is, and he found out that the law bring not life to him but death, because sin revive in him after his conversion and because of his sins he died. No wonder he admitted, as an apostle of God, "I am the chief of sinners." For sure he might feel so.

Romans 7.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I would not have known sin, but through the law; for I would not have known lust, except that the law had said, “Thou shalt not covet.”
8 But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence; for without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;
10 and the commandment, which was ordained to bring life, I found to be unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me and by it slew me.

36 Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. 37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, 38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

40 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

So he said, “Teacher, say it.”

41 “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.”

And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” 44 Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. 46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. 47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

48 Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

49 And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

50 Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Mr Saptenno,

This is a very important subject, and I want to be perfectly clear to you what you are doing...

You are accusing Paul of committing a sin, yet you have not produced what that sin is. This is contemptible in the heavenly court.

If you are correct, supply the evidence, if you are wrong, you are bearing false witness against an apostle.

Weigh your words carefully.

To my knowledge Paul was even the one to correct Peter for being two faced in front of other Jews and new converts of the Gentile origin. So Paul's clarity in truth was sharper, and when Peter realized his error, he supported what Paul said and repented for spearheading a revolt against the truth.

In the quote you use against Paul, when he said in 1 Timothy 1:15(ESV) "The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost" he was talking about his past. He was thanking Jesus in praise for saving him from himself. Giving him a new life, a new beginning.

You still have not given evidence that you claim that Paul was sinning after conversion.

The way you use Romans 7 is questionable beyond belief.

"Paul’s Marvelous Change —Paul says that “as touching the law”—as far as outward acts were concerned—he was “blameless”, but when the spiritual character of the law was discerned, when he looked into the holy mirror, he saw himself a sinner. Judged by a human standard, he had abstained from sin, but when he looked into the depths of God’s law, and saw himself as God saw him, he bowed in humiliation, and confessed his guilt. He did not go away from the mirror and forget what manner of man he was, but he exercised genuine repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. He was washed, he was cleansed. He says, “I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” {6BC 1076.5}
Sin then appeared in its true hideousness, and his self-esteem was gone. He became humble. He no longer ascribed goodness and merit to himself. He ceased to think more highly of himself than he ought, and he ascribed all the glory to God. He was no longer ambitious for greatness. He ceased to want to avenge himself, and was no longer sensitive to reproach, neglect, or contempt. He no longer sought earthly alliance, station, or honor. He did not pull others down to uplift himself. He became gentle, condescending, meek and lowly of heart, because he had learned his lesson in the school of Christ. He talked of Jesus and His matchless love, and grew more and more into His image. He bent his whole energy to win souls to Christ. When trial came upon him because of his unselfish labor for souls, he bowed in prayer, and his love for them increased. His life was hid with Christ in God, and he loved Jesus with all the ardor of his nature. Every church was dear to him; every church member was a person of interest to him; for he looked upon every soul as the purchase of the blood of Christ (The Review and Herald, July 22, 1890). {6BC 1076.6}

Pauls was a true conversion. What he meant in Romans 7 is that he thought he was righteous until he met Jesus, then he could see where he was wrong and he repented. This is how sin was revived not that he started to sin, but the remembrance of his past sins caused him to repent in sincerity of heart.

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If he was talking about his past, why did he say: "I am?" Why not "I was?" Saying "I am", when he wrote this letter, he was talking of his present condition, whatever sin or sins he had done and still doing it, make him could not say "I was."

Is there a miss-interpretation from the original Greek word?

It would be prudent for those who were wrong to repent for their indiscretion. But I wont hold my breath.

you sin against God in thus using the time which should be spent in devotion to Him.19 {AH 416.3}

Take time to arrange your room, and keep it in order. We do not wish you to apply yourselves too closely to your studies, neither do we wish you to work hard. But a life of idleness is a life of sin.