Romans 7:7
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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 7:13
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13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(A) to bring about my death,(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Romans 7:13
King James Version
13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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Romans 7:14
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Romans 7:14
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14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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Romans 7:16
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16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(A)
Romans 7:16
King James Version
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
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Romans 8:4
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4 in order that the righteous requirement(A) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(B)
Romans 8:4
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4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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Galatians 3:21
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21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(A) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(B)
Galatians 3:21
King James Version
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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1 Timothy 1:8
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8 We know that the law is good(A) if one uses it properly.
1 Timothy 1:8
King James Version
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
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Romans 4:15
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Romans 4:15
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15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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