Romans 7:8 KJV
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 7:8, King James Version
In context
7 What 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.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Cross-references
- Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
- Romans 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.