Romans 7:8

But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of lust. For apart from the law sin was dead.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, “ You shall not covet.”

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

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Cross References

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

Romans 4:15because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law neither is there transgression.

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

Romans 7:17But now it is no longer I who am doing it, but the sin living in me.

James 1:14But each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn away and seduced by them.

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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