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Romans 7:8

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

KJV

ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τῆς ἐντολῆς κατηργάσατο ἐν ἐμοὶ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν· χωρὶς γὰρ νόμου ἁμαρτία νεκρά.

Greek NT

Occasione autem accepta, peccatum per mandatum operatum est in me omnem concupiscentiam. Sine lege enim peccatum mortuum erat.

Vulgate

but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

ASV

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
κατεργάζομαι
katergazomai
verb · 22×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χωρίς
choris
adverb · 41×
ἀφορμή
aphorme
noun · 7×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
noun · 38×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210210.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210212.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the preceding section, my revered brother Ambrosius, brother formed according to the Gospel, we have discussed, as far as is at present in our power, what the Gospel is, and what is the beginning in which the Word was, and what the Word is which was in the beginning. We now come to consider the next point in the work before …
Was there sin in Christ? Was there the "fomes" of sin in Him? Was there ignorance? Was His soul passible? Was there sensible pain in Him? Was there sorrow? Was there fear? Was there wonder? Was there anger? Was He at once wayfarer and comprehensor? Article 1. Whether there was sin in Christ? Objection 1. It would seem that there was sin in Christ. For it is written (Psalm 21:2)…
Q. What is God's will for you in the tenth commandment? A. That not even the slightest thought or desire contrary to any one of God's commandments should ever arise in my heart. Rather, with all my heart I should always hate sin and take pleasure in whatever is right.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:56 — The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
  • Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
  • Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
  • John 15:22 — If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
  • John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
  • Rom 4:15 — Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
  • Rom 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
  • Rom 7:7 — 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.
  • Rom 7:11 — For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
  • Rom 7:11 — For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
  • Rom 7:13 — Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
  • Rom 7:13 — Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
  • Rom 7:17 — Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.