Romans 7:8

But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

In Context

7What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.

9And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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Cross References

John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 4:15For the law works wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

Romans 7:11For sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

Romans 7:17But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me.

James 1:14But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25

Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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