Romans 7:7-8 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." ⁸ But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of lust. For apart from the law sin was dead.