Romans 7:9

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⁹And I was alive once, apart from the law, but when^* the commandment came, sin sprang to life

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

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

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again

At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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