Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Is the law
I had
Bible References
What
Romans 3:5
But if our iniquity thus serves to bring out the justice of God, what are we to infer? That it is unfair of God to inflict his anger on us? (I speak in a merely human way.)
Romans 4:1
But if so, what can we say about Abraham, our forefather by natural descent?
Romans 6:15
What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!
Is the law
Romans 7:8
The command gave an impulse to sin, and sin resulted for me in all manner of covetous desire ??for sin, apart from law, is lifeless.
I had
Romans 7:5
For when we were unspiritual, the sinful cravings excited by the Law were active in our members and made us fruitful to Death;
Romans 3:20
for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.
Lust
Romans 7:8
The command gave an impulse to sin, and sin resulted for me in all manner of covetous desire ??for sin, apart from law, is lifeless.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God ??6 no one is to defraud or overreach his brother in this matter, for the Lord avenges all these sins, as we told you already in our solemn protest against them.
Thou shalt
Romans 13:9
You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet ??these and any other command are summed up in a single word, You must love your neighbour as yourself.
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."
Acts 20:33
Silver, gold, or apparel I never coveted;
Ephesians 5:3
Never let any sexual vice or impurity or lust be so much as mentioned by you ??that is the proper course for saints to take;
Colossians 3:5
So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),
1 John 2:15
Love not the world, nor yet what is in the world; if anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.