John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:8
But sin taking occasion by the commandment ,.... By "the commandment" is meant, either the whole moral law, or that particular commandment, "thou shalt not covet", Exodus 20:17 , which, the Jews say, comprehends all; "God, (say they F6 Abkath Rochel, l. 1. par. 1. p. 3. Ed. Huls. ,) caused them (the Israelites) to hear the ten words, which he concluded with this word, "thou shalt not covet"; שכולם תלוים בו , "for all of them depend on that": and to intimate, that whoever... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? is the law sin ?.... The apostle having said, that "the motions of sins were by the law", Romans 7:5 , meets with an objection, or rather an ill natured cavil, "is the law sin?" if the motions sins are by it, then it instigates and prompts men to sin; it cherishes it in them; it leads them and impels them to the commission of it, and therefore must be the cause of sin; and if the cause of sin, then it must be sin, or sinful itself: "what shall we say then?" how... read more