Thematic Bible: By its strictness stirs up
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Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.
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.
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.