Romans 7:7–13 — God’s Law reveals our sin

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Rom 7:7–13

7:7 God’s Law reveals our sin

7 So what will we say then? That the law is sin? Not on your life! I wouldn’t have known what sin was if it wasn’t for the Law. For example, I wouldn’t have known what coveting was if the Law hadn’t told me not to covet.[ref] 8 But sin took the opportunity from that command to produce covetousness in me, because sin would be dead without the Law. 9 For a time I was living without the Law, but once God’s command came, sin revived 10 and I died, and I discovered that the command, which should lead to life, led to death. 11 Sin deceived me[ref] when the command gave it an opportunity, and in doing so, it killed me.

12 Now the Law is indeed holy, and God’s command is holy and righteous and good, 13 so did what’s good turn into death? Not on your life! Rather, it was the good Law that allowed me to see sin as sin and a producer of death, and the command showed me how completely sinful sin really is.

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7 Therefore what we _will _be _saying?
The law is sin?
Never it _might _become.
But the sin not I _knew, except not/lest by the_law, because/for the and covetousness, not I _had _known, except not/lest the law was _saying:
Not you _will _be _coveting.

8 But opportunity having _taken the sin by the command, produced in me all covetousness, because/for apart _from the_law, sin dead.

9 But I was _living apart _from law once, but having _come the command, the sin revived,

10 and I died _off, and was _found to _me the command, which to life, this was to death.

11 For/Because the sin an_opportunity having _taken by the command, deceived me and by it killed _off me.

12 So _as the indeed law is holy, and the command is holy, and righteous, and good.

13 Therefore the good law to _me became death?
Never it _might _become.
But the sin, in _order _that it _may _be _seen sin by the good law in _me producing death, in _order _that may _become as excess sinful the sin by the command.

7:7: Exo 20:17; Deu 5:21.

7:11: Gen 3:13.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section ROM 7:7

God’s Law reveals our sin

Rom 7:7–13

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