Romans 7:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

^7 (A)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? ^(B)May it never be! On the contrary, ^(C)I would not have come to know sin except ^[a]through the Law; for I would not have known about ^[b]coveting if the Law had not said, “^(D)You shall not ^[c]covet.” ⁸ But sin, ^(E)taking opportunity ^(F)through the commandment, produced in me ^[d]coveting of every kind; for ^(G)apart ^[e]from the Law sin is dead. ⁹ I was once alive apart ^[f]from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;