Romans 7:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ What then are we to say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall 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

Romans 3:20

For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Romans 4:15

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

1 Corinthians 15:56

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

Deuteronomy 5:21

“ ‘Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife. “ ‘Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Romans 13:9

The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not with lustful passion, like the gentiles who do not know God;

Romans 3:5

But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.

Romans 7:13

Did what is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin that was working death in me through what is good, in order that it might be shown to be sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

Romans 7:11

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

Romans 7:5

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Romans 6:15

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

Romans 4:1

What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

Acts 20:33

I coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, houses and take them away; they oppress householder and house, people and their inheritance.

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

2 Samuel 11:2

It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.

Joshua 7:21

when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

Genesis 3:6

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

Luke 20:16

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Heaven forbid!”

Romans 5:20

But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God.