What then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I (egnōn | ἔγνων | aor act ind 1 sg) would (egnōn | ἔγνων | aor act ind 1 sg) not have (egnōn | ἔγνων | aor act ind 1 sg) known (egnōn | ἔγνων | aor act ind 1 sg) sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not covet.”
Reference
Romans 7:7
Sequence
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