Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Then
But sin
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Bible References
Then
Romans 8:3
For what the law could not do, because it was weak through the flesh, God has done, who, sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for a sin-offering, condemned sin in the flesh,
Galatians 3:21
Is the law, then, against the promises of God? It can not be. For if a law had been given which could have given life, surely righteousness would have been by law.
But sin
Romans 7:8
But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, rendered active within me every evil desire. For without the law, sin was dead.
Romans 5:20
But, besides the first offense, law was introduced, in order that offenses might abound: but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
James 1:13
Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.
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James 4:17
Therefore, to him that knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.