Romans 7:8

And by this commandment sin found for itself an occasion, and completed in me all concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 then, say we the law is sin? Not so. But sin I had not learned (to know) but by the law: for I had not known concupiscence (to be sinful), but (by) the law, which hath said, Thou shalt not covet.

9But I was alive without the law formerly: but when the commandment came, sin lived, and I died.

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Cross References

John 15:22If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.

Romans 4:15For the law is the worker of wrath. For where there is no law, there also is no transgression of the law.

Romans 7:11For sin, by the occasion it found through the commandment, deceived me, and thereby killed me.

Romans 7:17But now it is not I who work this, but sin which dwelleth in me.

James 1:14But each man from his concupiscence tempteth himself, and desireth, and is drawn away.

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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