{Finding occasion} (aphorm(886e) labousa). See  2Co 5:12  11:12  Ga 5:13  for aphorm(886e), a starting place from which to
rush into acts of sin, excuses for doing what they want to do.
Just so drinking men use the prohibition laws as "occasions" for
violating them. {Wrought in me} (kateirgasato en emoi). First
aorist active middle indicative of the intensive verb
katergazomai, to work out (to the finish), effective aorist.
The command not to lust made me lust more. {Dead} (
ekra).
Inactive, not non-existent. Sin in reality was there in a dormant
state.