Romans 7:7-9

71What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? 23Far from it! On the contrary, 4I would not have come to know sin except 5through the Law; for I would not have known about 6coveting if the Law had not said, “7You shall not 8covet.”

8But sin, 9taking an opportunity 10through the commandment, produced in me 11coveting of every kind; for 12apart 13from the Law sin is dead.

9I was once alive apart 14from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died;