New American Standard Bible 1995

Romans 7:7-13

7WhatΤίTiG5101shall we sayἔλεγεν·elegenG3004thenοὖνounG3767?Is the LawνόμοςnomosG3551sinἁμαρτία;hamartiaG266?May it neverG3361be! On the contraryἀλλὰallaG235,I would not have come to knowἔγνωνegnōnG1097sinἁμαρτίανhamartianG266exceptG1508throughδιὰdiaG1223the Lawνόμου·nomouG3551;for I would not have knownG3609aboutG3609covetingἐπιθυμίανepithumianG1939ifG1487the LawνόμοςnomosG3551had not saidG3004, “You shall notcovetἐπιθυμήσεις·epithumēseisG1937.”

8But sinἁμαρτίαhamartiaG266,takingλαβοῦσαlabousaG2983opportunityἀφορμὴνaphormēnG874throughδιὰdiaG1223the commandmentἐντολῆςentolēsG1785,producedκατειργάσατοkateirgasatoG2716in mecovetingἐπιθυμίαν·epithumianG1939of everyG3956kindG3956; forapartχωρὶςchōrisG5565from the LawνόμουnomouG3551sinἁμαρτίαhamartiaG266isdeadνεκρά·nekraG3498.

9I was onceποτέ·poteG4218aliveἔζωνezōnG2198apartχωρὶςchōrisG5565from the LawνόμουnomouG3551;but when the commandmentἐντολῆςentolēsG1785cameἐλθούσηςelthousēsG2064,sinἁμαρτίαhamartiaG266becameG326aliveG326and I diedG599;

10and thisαὕτηhautēG3778commandmentἐντολὴentolēG1785, which wasto resultεἰςeisG1519in lifeζωὴνzōēnG2222,provedεὑρέθηheurethēG2147to resultεἰςeisG1519in deathθάνατον·thanatonG2288for me;

11for sinἁμαρτίαhamartiaG266,takingλαβοῦσαlabousaG2983an opportunityἀφορμὴνaphormēnG874throughδιὰdiaG1223the commandmentἐντολῆςentolēsG1785,deceivedἐξηπάτησένexēpatēsenG1818me and throughδι᾽di᾽G1223it killedἀπέκτεινεν·apekteinenG615me.

12SoὥστεhōsteG5620thenG5620,the LawνόμοςnomosG3551is holyἅγιοςhagiosG40,and the commandmentἐντολὴentolēG1785is holyἁγίαhagiaG40and righteousδικαίαdikaiaG1342and goodἀγαθή.agathēG18.

13ThereforeοὖνounG3767did that whichG18is goodG18becomeG1096a cause ofdeathθάνατος;thanatosG2288for me?May it neverμὴmēG3361be! Ratherἀλλ᾽all᾽G235it was sinἁμαρτία,hamartiaG266,in orderἵναinaG2443that it might be shownφανῇphanēaG5316to be sinἁμαρτία,hamartiaG266by effectingκατεργαζομένηkatergazomenēG2716my deathθάνατον,thanatonG2288throughδιὰdiaG1223that whichG18is goodG18,soἵναinaG2443that throughδιὰdiaG1223the commandmentἐντολῆς.¶entolēsG1785sinἁμαρτίαhamartiaG266would becomeG1096utterlyὑπερβολὴνhuperbolēnG5236sinfulG266.

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