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8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies 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 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive 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.
10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me.
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I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
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For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
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