Romans 7:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It was sin that used this command as a way of making me have all kinds of desires. But without the Law, sin is dead.

Cross References

Romans 7:11

Sin used this command to trick me, and because of it I died.

1 Corinthians 15:56

Sin is what gives death its sting, and the Law is the power behind sin.

Romans 4:15

God becomes angry when his Law is broken. But where there isn't a law, it cannot be broken.

Romans 7:13

Am I saying that something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is.

Romans 5:20

The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's kindness was even more powerful.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 7:17

So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.

John 15:24

I have done things that no one else has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me and my Father too.

Mark 7:22

unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.

Romans 3:20

God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the Law, I was alive. But as soon as I heard that command, sin came to life,