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Butδὲsin,ἡ ἁμαρτίαtakingλαβοῦσαopportunityἀφορμὴνthroughδιὰthe commandment,τῆς ἐντολῆςproducedκατειργάσατοinἐνmeἐμοὶevery kind ofπᾶσανcoveting;ἐπιθυμίανforγὰρapart fromχωρὶςthe lawνόμουsinἁμαρτίαisdead.νεκρά
Romans 7:8
Study it in the app“But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting; for apart from the law sin is dead.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 7:8, word by word
- sinἁμαρτίαhamartia
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartia” appears- takingλαβοῦσαlabousa
take
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labousa” appears- opportunityἀφορμὴνaphormēn
opportunity
Opportunity, occasion: a starting point or base from which to act.
Where else “aphormēn” appears- the commandmentἐντολῆςentolēs
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēs” appears- producedκατειργάσατοkateirgasato
produce
To yield as a fruit or consequence: one thing leads to another.
Where else “kateirgasato” appears- covetingἐπιθυμίανepithymian
lust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymian” appears- apart fromχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- deadνεκράnekra
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekra” appears
The context
7What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! On the contrary, I did not know sin except through the law; for I would not have known coveting if the law had not said, You shall not covet.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I was once alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again,
To study Romans 7 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say he does and does not do, and how does he feel about it? (vv. 15-19, 24)
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul describes his inner struggle so frankly? What answer does he give at the end? (vv. 21-25)
3. How I live it
Paul admits his inner struggle without hiding it. To whom could you confidently tell a struggle of your own?