Romans 7:8

7:8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. ¹  For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Romans 7:1

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters ²  (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person ³  as long as he lives?

Romans 4:5

4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, ⁴  his faith is credited as righteousness.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Or “covetousness.”

[7:1]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[7:1]  ³ sn Here person refers to a human being.

[4:5]  ⁴ tn Or “who justifies the ungodly.”