Romans 7:7-9 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 .

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7 G5101 What G2046 shall we say [G5692] G3767 then G3551 ? Is the law G266 sin G3361 ? God forbid G1096 [G5636] G235 . Nay G1097 , I had G3756 not G1097 known [G5627] G266 sin G1508 , but G1223 by G3551 the law G1063 : for G5037 G1492 I had G3756 not G1492 known [G5715] G1939 lust G1508 , except G3551 the law G3004 had said [G5707] G1937 , Thou shalt G3756 not G1937 covet [G5692] .

8 G1161 But G266 sin G2983 , taking [G5631] G874 occasion G1223 by G1785 the commandment G2716 , wrought [G5662] G1722 in G1698 me G3956 all manner of G1939 concupiscence G1063 . For G5565 without G3551 the law G266 sin G3498 was dead.

9 G1161 For G1473 I G2198 was alive [G5707] G5565 without G3551 the law G4218 once G1161 : but G1785 when the commandment G2064 came [G5631] G266 , sin G326 revived [G5656] G1161 , and G1473 I G599 died [G5627] .

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet: ⁸ but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin [is] dead. ⁹ And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;