Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The regenerate, who have turned to righteousness and have received the Holy Ghost of promise, are no longer under the condemnation, in which they find themselves, when attempting to observe the law to gain righteousness, as described in Galatians 3:10. This is the state which Paul describes in the later part of chapter 7.

Here Paul describes those who have been freed from the law, by converting to righteousness and following after the Spirit.

I have listened to many preachers who preach awesome sermons on the latter part of Romans 7, but then turn elsewhere for the answer to Pauls dilemma. When that happens, it becomes obvious that they do not properly understand Romans 8.

Condemnation - to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; to pronounce to be guilty; to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service.

Are these not descriptive of what Paul described in Romans 7? Was he not passing judgment upon himself, based upon his own ability to fulfill the law? Was he not determining his own guilt, when he desired to do good, but saw that he could only do that which was evil? Did he not profess to have been brought into the captivity of the law of sin, which was in his members?

He saw himself to be a wretched man. And the only way a person can be free from such a wretched man, is through the power of the Holy Ghost. This is only possible, through the gift of the promise of the Holy Ghost, provided by inheritance (Ephesians 1:11) to each regenerate man, but possessed (Ephesians 1:14) only through faith and conversion.