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NASB					Rom 7:7 ¶ ^AWhat⁵¹⁰¹ shall we say³⁰⁰⁴ then³⁷⁶⁷? Is the Law³⁵⁵¹ sin²⁶⁶? ^BMay it never³³⁶¹ be! On the contrary²³⁵, ^CI would not have come to know¹⁰⁹⁷ sin²⁶⁶ except¹⁵⁰⁸ ¹through¹²²³ the Law³⁵⁵¹; for I would not have known^3609a about^3609a ²coveting¹⁹³⁹ if¹⁴⁸⁷ the Law³⁵⁵¹ had not said³⁰⁰⁴, "^DYOU SHALL NOT ²COVET¹⁹³⁷."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rom 7:7 ¶ What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, if it had not been for the Law, I would not have recognized sin. For I would not have known [for example] about coveting [what belongs to another, and would have had no sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET." [Ex 20:17; Deut 5:21]

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Or through law

Or lust

NASB Cross References:
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Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)

Luke 20:16 "He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"

Rom 3:20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Ex 20:17 ¶ "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

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235

alla; adversative particle from 243; otherwise, on the other hand, but:--besides(1), certainly(1), contrary(6), fact(2), however(9), indeed(4), indeed*(1), least*(1), nevertheless(5), no(1), rather(2), what(6), yes(1), yet(16).

266

hamartia; from 264; a sin, failure:--sin(96), sinful(2), sins(75).

1097

ginôskô; from a prim. root gnô-; to come to know, recognize, perceive:--ascertaining(1), aware(7), certainty(1), come to know(1), comprehend(1), felt(1), find(3), found(2), kept...a virgin*(1), knew(13), know(104), know how(1), knowing(3), known(25), knows(14), learn(1), learned(1), perceived(1), perceiving(2), put(1), realize(3), recognize(7), recognized(1), recognizing(1), sure(4), take notice(1), unaware*(2), understand(11), understood(6), virgin*(1).

1223

dia; a prim. prep.; through, on account of, because of:--account(4), after(2), afterward(1), always*(2), because(111), between*(1), briefly*(1), charge*(1), constantly(1), continually*(6), during(1), forever*(1), gives(1), means(3), over(1), presence(1), reason(40), sake(41), sakes(5), since(1), so then*(1), so*(1), therefore*(16), this reason*(1), this*(1), though(1), through(225), through the agency(1), through*(1), view(2), way(3), what(1), why(3), why*(27).

1487

ei; a prim. particle; if, whether (a cond. part. introducing circumstances nec. for a given proposition to be true; sometimes used with a command or as an indirect question, etc.):--although*(1), if(341), no(1), only(1), only*(11), suppose*(1), though(7), though*(5), unless(2), unless*(5), until*(1), whatever*(1), whether(19), whoever*(3).

1508

ei mê; from 1487 and 3361; if not:--except(40), except*(1), more than(1), unless(1).

1937

epithumeô; from 1909 and 2372; desire, lust after:--covet(2), coveted(1), craved(1), desire(1), desired(2), desires(1), gladly(1), long(3), longing(1), lust(2), sets its desire(1).

1939

epithumia; from 1937; desire, passionate longing, lust:--coveting(2), desire(4), desires(8), earnestly(1), impulses(1), long(1), lust(5), lustful(1), lusts(15).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3361

mê; a prim. particle; not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation):--all*(1), cannot(1), cannot*(6), case(1), certainly*(1), devoid*(1), ever*(3), except(2), fear*(2), inevitable*(1), keep(2), kept(1), lacks*(1), make(1), never(17), never*(16), no(67), no one(1), no*(11), none(2), none*(2), nothing(2), nothing*(3), only*(11), or(4), otherwise*(3), refrain(1), so(2), so that no(1), so*(12), stop(8), surely(4), than*(2), unable*(4), unless*(38), until*(1), without(6), without*(4).

3551

nomos; from nemô (to parcel out); that which is assigned, hence usage, law:--Law(193), laws(2), principle(1).

3609a

oida; perf. of 1491a; to have seen or perceived, hence to know:--appreciate(1), aware(3), become learned(1), conscious*(1), having a knowledge(1), knew(16), knew...about(1), know(216), know about(1), know how(9), knowing(36), known(4), known about(1), knows(15), knows how(1), realize(1), realizing(2), recognize(3), unaware*(1), understand(5), understanding(1).

3767

oun; a prim. word; therefore, then, (and) so:--contrary*(1), however*(1), now(5), so(153), so then(9), so...then(1), then(141), therefore(178).

5101

tis; an interrog. pron. related to 5100; who? which? what?:--anything(1), how(7), how*(2), person(1), something(3), suppose one(2), what(266), what each(1), what*(5), which(24), which one(3), who(128), whom(16), whose(6), why(70), why*(33).

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