Romans 7:9

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Romans 7:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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KJV

King James Version

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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WEB

World English Bible

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And I was once alive apart from [the] law, but the commandment having come, sin revived and I died;

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 7

⁷ What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

⁸ But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

⁹ Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

¹⁰ So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

¹¹ For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

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