Romans 7:7
English Standard Version
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (A)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (B)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
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Romans 7:7
New International Version
The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](D)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
Romans 7:7
King James Version
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.
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Romans 4:15
English Standard Version
15 For (A)the law brings wrath, but (B)where there is no law (C)there is no transgression.
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Romans 4:15
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Romans 4:15
King James Version
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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Romans 5:13
English Standard Version
13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but (A)sin is not counted where there is no law.
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Romans 5:13
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13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.(A)
Romans 5:13
King James Version
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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Romans 5:20
English Standard Version
20 Now (A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, (B)grace abounded all the more,
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Romans 5:20
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20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(B)
Romans 5:20
King James Version
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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