Romans 7:7-12
7 aWhat shall we say then? Is the Law sin? bMay it never be! Rather, cI would not have come to know sin except through the Law. For I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “dYou shall not covet.” 8 But sin, ataking opportunity bthrough the commandment, worked out in me coveting of every kind. For capart from the Law sin is dead. 9 Now I was once alive apart from the Law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was ato lead to life, was found to lead to death for me. 11 For sin, ataking an opportunity bthrough the commandment, cdeceived me and through it killed me. 12 aSo, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.