Verse 8

But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 7:11 : 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  • 1 Cor 15:56 : 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 Now the law was brought in so that the trespass might increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • Rom 7:17 : 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.