Verse 8

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 7:11 : 11 For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.
• 1 Cor 15:56 : 56 The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
• Rom 4:15 : 15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
• Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
• John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
• Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire. 15 Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.
• Rom 7:13 : 13 Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.
• Rom 7:17 : 17 So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.