Romans 7:8

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But once I did know about coveting, sin took that opportunity to make me want all kinds of things that belonged to other people! A person can’t sin by breaking a law if that law doesn’t exist.

Cross References

Romans 7:11

Sin took advantage of the opportunity that the commandment provided, and it tricked me. It used the commandment to put me to death.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Romans 4:15

because the law brings God’s anger. But where there is no law, the law can’t be broken.

Romans 7:13

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

Romans 5:20

When the law was introduced, sin got worse, because now people were doing things that they knew were wrong. But when sin got worse, God poured out an even greater abundance of grace.

John 15:22

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

Romans 7:17

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

John 15:24

If I hadn’t done works among them that no one else had done, they wouldn’t be guilty of sin. But now they’ve seen those works and they’ve still hated both me and my Father.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, hate, cheating, impurity, jealousy, lying, pride, and foolishness.

Romans 3:20

So no one can obey the law well enough to be considered right with God. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Romans 7:9

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