Romans 7:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Romans 7:11

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

1 Corinthians 15:56

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

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.

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 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.

John 15:22

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

Romans 7:17

But I am not really the one doing the evil. It is sin living in me that does it.

John 15:24

I did things among the people of the world that no one else has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. But they have seen what I did, and still they hate me and my Father.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, and foolish living.

Romans 3:20

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

Romans 7:9

Before I knew the law, I was alive. But when I heard the law’s command, sin began to live,