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Rom 7:8 — But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

sin	Rom 7:11,13,17; Rom 4:15; Rom 5:20
wrought	Jam 1:14,15
For without, etc.	Rather, 'For without a law sin is dead.' Where there is no law, there is no transgression; for sin is the transgression of the law: the very essence of sin consists in the violation of some positive law. Rom 4:15; Jhn 15:22,24; 1Cr 15:56