7 Que dirons-nous donc? La loi est-elle la cause du péché? Nullement! Au contraire, je n'ai connu le péché que par la loi; car je n'eusse point connu la convoitise, si la loi n'eût dit: Tu ne convoiteras point.
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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.”
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.