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


In Context

5 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.

6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

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

9 Once I was alive apart from 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.

Romans 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin is dead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.