Romans

Romans 7:9

⁹Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Once	ποτέ	pote	Particle	G4218 at one time or other
I	Ἐγὼ	Egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
was alive	ἔζων	ezōn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G2198 I live
apart from	χωρὶς	chōris	Preposition	G5565 apart from, without
law	νόμου	nomou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
commandment	ἐντολῆς	entolēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command
came	ἐλθούσης	elthousēs	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular	G2064 I come, go
sin	ἁμαρτία	hamartia	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G266 a sin
sprang to life	ἀνέζησεν	anezēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G326 I come to life again, revive
and	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
I	ἐγὼ	egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
died	ἀπέθανον	apethanon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G599 I am dying, am about to die

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.