What then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) covet.”
Reference
Romans 7:7
Sequence
829