Romans 7:8-11

8But the command gave sin a chance to come into my thoughts. As a result, I started to want all kinds of wrong things. If there is no law to tell us what is wrong, then sin has no power to make us guilty.

9As for me, there was a time when I did not know God's laws. I was living without any law to obey. But when I learned about that command, sin now had power in my life.

10As a result, I became separate from God, as if I had died. So the command that should have brought life to me brought death instead.

11That command gave sin a chance to deceive me. It caused me to become separate from God.