Romans 7:7
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The Law and Sin
7 What then are we to say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”(A)
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Romans 7:8
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8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.(A)
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Galatians 3:19
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The Purpose of the Law
19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring[a] would come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ordained through angels by a mediator.(A)
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1 Timothy 1:14
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14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me[a] with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.(A)
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- 1.14 Gk lacks for me
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