Romans 7:7

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Romans 7:7

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Romans 3:20

For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

Exodus 20:17

Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Romans 7:8

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

Romans 4:15

For the law produces wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Romans 13:9

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

Genesis 3:6

Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

1 Kings 21:1-4

Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

Psalm 19:7-12

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your command is without limit.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 12:15

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Romans 4:1

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found?

Romans 6:15

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us and bore fruit for death.

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

Romans 7:13

Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

1 Corinthians 15:56

Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who don’t know God.

1 John 2:15-16

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

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Summary

Romans 7:7

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.

What

Romans 3:5

Romans 4:1

Romans 6:15

Is the law

Romans 7:8

1 Corinthians 15:56

I had

Lust

Romans 7:8

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Thou shalt

General references

Deuteronomy 5:21

Bible References

What

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument:

Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor,

has found?

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

Is the law

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

Now the sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.

I had

For when we were in the flesh,

the sinful passions operated through the law in every part of us

and bore fruit for death.

For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your command is without limit.

Lust

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who don’t know God.

Thou shalt

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;

do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

General references

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.