Romans 7:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You might think I am saying that sin and the law are the same. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin means. I would never have known it is wrong to want something that is not mine. But the law said, “You must not want what belongs to someone else.”

Cross References

Romans 3:20

because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife. And you must not want his men and women servants or his cattle or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person.”

Romans 4:15

because the law can only bring God’s anger on those who disobey it. But if there is no law, then there is nothing to disobey.

1 Corinthians 15:56

Death’s power to hurt is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Deuteronomy 5:21

‘You must not want another man’s wife. You must not want his house, his fields, his men and women servants, his cattle, or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person.’”

Romans 13:9

The law says, “You must not commit adultery, you must not murder anyone, you must not steal, you must not want what belongs to someone else.” All these commands and all other commands are really only one rule: “Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.”

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and make me want all kinds of things that weren’t mine. So sin came to me because of the command. But without the law, sin has no power.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Don’t let your sexual desires control you like the people who don’t know God.

Romans 3:5

When we do wrong, that shows more clearly that God is right. So can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (That’s the way some people think.)

Colossians 3:5

So put everything evil out of your life: sexual sin, doing anything immoral, letting sinful thoughts control you, and wanting things that are wrong. And don’t keep wanting more and more for yourself, which is the same as worshiping a false god.

Ephesians 5:3

But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more, because such things are not right for God’s holy people.

Romans 7:13

Does this mean that something that is good brought death to me? No, it was sin that used the good command to bring me death. This shows how terrible sin really is. It can use a good command to produce a result that shows sin at its very worst.

Romans 7:11

Sin found a way to fool me by using the command to make me die.

Romans 7:5

In the past we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful desires controlled our bodies, so that what we did only brought us spiritual death.

Romans 6:15

So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace and not under law? Certainly not!

Romans 4:1

So what can we say about Abraham, the father of our people? What did he learn about faith?

Acts 20:33

When I was with you, I never wanted anyone’s money or fine clothes.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. People do not get life from the many things they own.”

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that if a man looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, he has already committed that sin with her in his mind.

Micah 2:2

They want fields, so they take them. They want houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and take his house and his land.

Psalm 119:96

Everything has its limits, except your commands.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening he got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his house. From there he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful,

Joshua 7:21

In Jericho, I saw a beautiful coat from Babylonia, about 5 pounds of silver, and about a pound of gold. I wanted these things for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”

Genesis 3:6

The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.” When the people heard this story, they said, “This should never happen!”

Romans 5:20

The law was brought in so that more people would sin the way Adam did. But where sin increased, there was even more of God’s grace.

Hebrews 7:19

The Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near to God.