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.


In Context

5 for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that are through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

6 and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

7 What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

8 Thou 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.

9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

10 and the command that is for life, this was found by me for 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is 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 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.