Romans 7:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ What should we say then?  Is the law sin? Absolutely not!  But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law.  For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.   ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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."

Romans 7:7 Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing #– #a very beautiful woman.

Exodus 20:17

Do not covet your neighbour’s house. Do not covet your neighbour’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields  and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 12:15

He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill   those farmers and give the vineyard to others.’ But when they heard this they said, ‘That must never happen! ’

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Romans 13:9

The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal;   do not covet;   , and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbour as yourself.   ,

Romans 3:20

For no one will be justified  in his sight by the works of the law,  because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness highlights  God’s righteousness,  what are we to say?  I am using a human argument:  , Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

Romans 4:1

What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather  according to the flesh, has found?

Romans 4:15

because the law produces wrath.  And where there is no law,  there is no transgression.

Romans 5:20

The law came along to multiply the trespass.  But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more,

Romans 6:15

What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?  Absolutely not!

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me,  and through it killed me.

Romans 7:13

Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not!  But sin, in order to be recognised as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh,  the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us  , to bear fruit for death.

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment,  produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin  is the law.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality  and any impurity  or greed  should not even be heard of  among you, as is proper for saints.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Do not covet your neighbour’s wife or desire your neighbour’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity,  lust,  evil desire, and greed,  which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not with lustful passions,  like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law perfected  nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon,  two and a half kilograms  of silver, and a bar of gold weighing half a kilogram,  I coveted them and took them.  You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.’