Romans 7:7-13

The Law and Sin

7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a]
8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

Cross References 12

  • 1. S Romans 8:31
  • 2. S ver 12
  • 3. S Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15
  • 4. Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
  • 5. ver 11
  • 6. S Romans 4:15; 1 Corinthians 15:56
  • 7. Leviticus 18:5; Luke 10:26-28; S Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12
  • 8. ver 8
  • 9. Genesis 3:13
  • 10. ver 7,13,14,16; Romans 8:4; Galatians 3:21; 1 Timothy 1:8; S Romans 4:15
  • 11. S Romans 6:23
  • 12. S ver 12

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
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