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7 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.
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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, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
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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 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
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