Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

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Romans 7:7
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You (epithumēseis | ἐπιθυμήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) shall (epithumēseis | ἐπιθυμήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) not covet.” (epithumēseis | ἐπιθυμήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg)