Romans 7:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

What follows, then? That 'the Law is equivalent to sin'? Never! Why, had it not been for the Law, I would never have known what sin meant! Thus I would never have known what it is to covet, unless the Law had said, You must not covet.

Cross References

Romans 3:20

for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.

Romans 4:15

(What the Law produces is the Wrath, not the promise of God; where there is no law, there is no transgression either.)

1 Corinthians 15:56

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Romans 13:9

You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet — these and any other command are summed up in a single word, You must love your neighbour as yourself.

Romans 7:8

The command gave an impulse to sin, and sin resulted for me in all manner of covetous desire — for sin, apart from law, is lifeless.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God —

Romans 3:5

But if our iniquity thus serves to bring out the justice of God, what are we to infer? That it is unfair of God to inflict his anger on us? (I speak in a merely human way.)

Colossians 3:5

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

Ephesians 5:3

Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you — that is the proper course for saints to take;

Romans 7:13

Then did what was meant for my good prove fatal to me? Never! It was sin; sin resulted in death for me by making use of this good thing. This was how sin was to be revealed in its true nature; it was to use the command to become sinful in the extreme.

Romans 7:11

The command gave an impulse to sin, sin beguiled me and used the command to kill me.

Romans 7:5

For when we were unspiritual, the sinful cravings excited by the Law were active in our members and made us fruitful to Death;

Romans 6:15

What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!

Romans 4:1

But if so, what can we say about Abraham, our forefather by natural descent?

Acts 20:33

Silver, gold, or apparel I never coveted;

Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." When they heard that, they said, "God forbid!"

Romans 5:20

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

Hebrews 7:19

(for the Law made nothing perfect), and there is introduced a better Hope, by means of which we can draw near to God.