Romans 7:8

New International Reader's Version

But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belong to others. A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.

Cross References

Mark 7:22

Adultery, greed, hate and cheating come from a person’s heart too. So do desires that are not pure, and wanting what belongs to others. And so do telling lies about others and being proud and being foolish.

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.

John 15:24

I did works among them that no one else did. If I hadn’t, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen those works. And still they have hated both me and my Father.

Romans 3:20

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Romans 4:15

The law brings God’s anger. Where there is no law, the law can’t be broken.

Romans 5:20

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.

Romans 7:11

When the commandment gave sin the opportunity, sin tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.

Romans 7:13

Did what is good cause me to die? Not at all! Sin had to be recognized for what it really is. So it used what is good to bring about my death. Because of the commandment, sin became totally sinful.

Romans 7:17

As it is, I am no longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me that does them.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin. And the power of sin is the law.