Romans 7:7-12 (New Living Translation)
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Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet." a
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But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
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I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
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So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.
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Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.
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But still, the law itself is holy and right and good.
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Romans 7:7 - Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21.