Romans 7:8 Cross References

Romans 7:8

8: But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

1 Corinthians 15:56

  1. For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.

Romans 7:11

  1. Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Romans 4:15

  1. But the law brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

James 1:14

  1. Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires.
  2. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.

Romans 7:17

  1. But I can't help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes me do these evil things.

Romans 7:13

  1. But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my doom? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God's good commandment for its own evil purposes.

Romans 5:20

  1. God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful kindness became more abundant.

John 15:22

  1. They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 15:24

  1. If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be counted guilty. But as it is, they saw all that I did and yet hated both of us--me and my Father.
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