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 what if our wrong-doing makes God's righteousness all the clearer? Will God be wrong in inflicting punishment? (I can but speak as a man.) Heaven forbid!
Romans 4:1
What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?
Romans 6:15
What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!
Is the law
Romans 7:8
But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
1 Corinthians 15:56
It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
I had
Romans 7:5
When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death.
Romans 3:20
For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.
Lust
Romans 7:8
But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
And not for the mere gratification of his passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;
Thou shalt
Romans 13:9
The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'
Matthew 5:28
I, however, say to you that any one who looks at a woman with an impure intention has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Luke 12:15
And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."
Acts 20:33
I have never coveted any one's gold or silver or clothing.
Ephesians 5:3
As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,
Colossians 3:5
Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;