Romans 7:8

God's Word

But sin took the opportunity provided by this commandment and made me have all kinds of wrong desires. Clearly, without laws sin is dead.

Cross References

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, cursing, arrogance, and foolishness come from within a person.

John 15:22

If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 15:24

If I hadn’t done among them what no one else has done, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

Romans 4:15

The laws in Moses’ Teachings bring about anger. But where those laws don’t exist, they can’t be broken.

Romans 5:20

The laws in Moses’ Teachings were added to increase the failure. But where sin increased, God’s kindness increased even more.

Romans 7:11

Sin, taking the opportunity provided by this commandment, deceived me and then killed me.

Romans 7:13

Now, did something good cause my death? That’s unthinkable! Rather, my death was caused by sin so that sin would be recognized for what it is. Through a commandment sin became more sinful than ever.

Romans 7:17

So I am no longer the one who is doing the things I hate, but sin that lives in me is doing them.

Romans 7:9

At one time I was alive without any laws. But when this commandment came, sin became alive

1 Corinthians 15:56

Sin gives death its sting, and God’s standards give sin its power.