en_tn/rom/07/08.md

But sin took the opportunity ... produced every kind of coveting

Paul continues comparing sin to a person who can act. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

coveting

This word includes both the desire to have what belongs to other people and wrong sexual desire.

apart from the law, sin was dead

"if there were no law, there would be no breaking of the law, so there would be no sin"