Romans 7:7-10 Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet." ⁸ That command gave sin an opening, and it led me to all sorts of covetous ways, for sin is lifeless without law. ⁹ I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died; ¹⁰ and the command that should have meant life in my case proved to mean death.