Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut sin seized its opportunity through the commandment and stirred up every kind of craving within me. For apart from the law, sin lies dormant.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut sin, seizing its beachhead through the commandment, produced in me every kind of craving. For apart from Torah, sin is dead.
KJV
King James VersionBut sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Footnotes
ἀφορμήν (aphormēn) is a military term: the forward base or launching point from which a campaign is mounted. F.O.G renders it "beachhead" to preserve this martial register; F.O.G Message uses "opportunity" (the standard English translation), which is accurate but loses the image of sin establishing a strategic position from which to attack. νεκρά (nekra), "dead," does not mean sin is eliminated but that it lies inert without the activating power the commandment provides—like a fuse awaiting a spark. F.O.G Message captures this with "dormant."
