Parallel Bible results for "Romans 7:7-12"

Romans 7:7-12

Common English Bible CEB

7 So what are we going to say? That the Law is sin? Absolutely not! But I wouldn't have known sin except through the Law. I wouldn't have known the desire for what others have if the Law had not said, Don't desire to take what others have.

8 But sin seized the opportunity and used this commandment to produce all kinds of desires in me. Sin is dead without the Law.

9 I used to be alive without the Law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

10 and I died. So the commandment that was intended to give life brought death.

11 Sin seized the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and killed me.

12 So the Law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

New International Version NIV

7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.

12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.