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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Romans 7:7 → Exodus 20:17

Quotation

Later text

Romans 7:7BSB

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Earlier text

Exodus 20:17BSB

You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

+ 1 more earlier text

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 5:21BSB

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not covet your neighbor's house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:03

Significance

Paul uses the tenth commandment to illustrate how the law reveals sin and provokes sinful desire. The choice of this commandment is significant as it addresses internal desire, not just external action.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Contrast + Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Decalogue

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

Exodus 20 — The Decalogue

Romans 7:7 → Exodus 20:17

Significance

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