Romans7:8
Previous VerseTranslation
But sin, having taken occasion by the commandment, produced in me all covetousness.
Apart from the Law
dead.
Paraphrase
But sin,
taking advantage of the commandment about not coveting, produced in me all kinds of coveting.
So you see, without the Law’s clear identification of something as sin, we would be unclear about what sin is, and it would be hard to punish sin if things were unclear, and without punishment people would do whatever they wished.