Romans 7:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ 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.

Romans 7:7 Cross References

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, and he ate.

2 Samuel 11:2

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

Psalm 119:96

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

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Micah 2:2

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Matthew 5:28

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

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 20:16

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

Acts 20:33

I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.

Romans 13:9

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

Romans 3:20

For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:5

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

Romans 4:1

What then shall we say about Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?

Romans 4:15

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

Romans 5:20

Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Romans 6:15

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

Romans 7:11

For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me.

Romans 7:13

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

Romans 7:5

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 7:8

But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, wrought in me all kinds of covetousness. Apart from the law sin lies dead.

1 Corinthians 15:56

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

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.

Deuteronomy 5:21

“ ‘Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.’

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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; and behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”