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Romans 7:7-8 KJV
Romans · chapter 7 · verses 7–8 · King James Version
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.Romans 7:7-8 · King James Version
Romans 7:7-8 in context
5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- occasionaphormēa place from which a movement or attack is made, a base of operations, metaph. that by…G874 →
- wroughtkatergazomaito perform, accomplish, achieve, to work outG2716 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- forbidmēno, not lestG3361 →
- forbidginomaito becomeG1096 →
- exceptei mēif not, except, butG1508 →
- takinglambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
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