Romans 7:8

And through occasion taken, sin by the commandment hath wrought in me all covetousness; for without the law, sin was dead.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 therefore shall we say? The law is sin? God forbid. But I knew not sin, [no] but by [the] law, (or But I did not know sin, except for the Law); for I knew not that coveting was sin, [no] but for the law said, Thou shalt not covet.

9And I lived without the law sometime; but when the commandment was come [or but when the commandment had come], sin lived again. But I was dead,

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Cross References

John 15:22If I had not come, and had not spoken to them, they should not have sin; but now they have none excusation [or not excusing] of their sin. (If I had not come, and had not spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.)

Romans 4:15For the law worketh wrath; for where (there) is no law, there is no trespass, neither is (there) trespassing [or prevarication].

Romans 7:11For sin, through occasion taken by the commandment, deceived me, and by that it slew me.

Romans 7:17But now I work not it now, but the sin that dwelleth in me. [Now soothly I work not it now/Now soothly I work not that thing now, but that sin that dwelleth in me.]

James 1:14But each man is tempted, drawn (away) and stirred, of his own coveting. [Soothly each man is tempted of (or by) his own coveting, drawn (away) from reason, and snared, or deceived.] (But each person is tempted or tested, drawn away and stirred, by his own lusts and envies.)

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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