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# I would never have known sin, if it were not through the law ... But sin took the opportunity ... brought about every lust
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Paul is comparing sin to a person who can act. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# lust
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This word includes both the desire to have what belongs to other people and wrong sexual desire.
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# without the law, sin is dead
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"if there were no law, there would be no breaking of the law, so there would be no sin"
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