And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Romans 7:7 - The Scriptures 2009 What, then, shall we say? Is the Torah sin? Let it not be! However, I did not know sin except through the Torah. For also the covetousness I knew not if the Torah had not said, “You shall not covet.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What then do we conclude? Is the Law identical with sin? Certainly not! Nevertheless, if it had not been for the Law, I should not have recognized sin or have known its meaning. [For instance] I would not have known about covetousness [would have had no consciousness of sin or sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, You shall not covet and have an evil desire [for one thing and another]. [Exod. 20:17; Deut. 5:21.] American Standard Version (1901) What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet: Common English Bible So what are we going to say? That the Law is sin? Absolutely not! But I wouldn’t have known sin except through the Law. I wouldn’t have known the desire for what others have if the Law had not said, “Don’t desire to take what others have”. Catholic Public Domain Version What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: "You shall not covet." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. |
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
And it came to be, at evening time, that Dawiḏ rose up from his bed and walked about on the roof of the sovereign’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very good to look at.
I have seen an end of all perfection; Your command is exceedingly broad.
“You do not covet your neighbour’s house, you do not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbour.
And they coveted fields and seized them, also houses, and took them away. And they oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
“But I say to you that everyone looking at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
And He said to them, “Mind, and beware of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the excess of his possessions.”
“He shall come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” And having heard, they said, “Let it not be!”
For this, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other command, it is summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
Therefore by works of Torah no flesh shall be declared right before Him, for by the Torah is the knowledge of sin.
But if our unrighteousness establishes the righteousness of Elohim, what shall we say? Is Elohim unrighteous who is inflicting wrath? I speak as a man.
What, then, shall we say Aḇraham our father, to have found, according to the flesh?
for the Torah works out wrath, for where there is no Torah there is no transgression.
And the Torah came in beside, so that the trespass would increase. But where sin increased, favour increased still more,
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under Torah but under favour? Let it not be!
For sin, having taken the occasion through the command, deceived me, and through it killed me.
Therefore, has that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But the sin, that sin might be manifest, was working death in me through what is good, so that sin through the command might become an exceedingly great sinner.
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, through the Torah, were working in our members to bear fruit to death.
But sin, having taken the occasion through the command, did work in me all sorts of covetousness. For apart from Torah sin is dead.
And the sting of death is the sin, and the power of the sin is the Torah.
But whoring and all uncleanness, or greed of gain, let it not even be named among you, as is proper among set-apart ones –
You do not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor do you desire your neighbour’s house, his field, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbour.’
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: whoring, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry.
for the Torah perfected naught, but the bringing in of a better expectation, through which we draw near to Elohim.
“When I saw among the spoil a lovely garment from Shin‛ar, and two hundred sheqels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty sheqels, I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the ground in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”