Romans 7:10

and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

In Context

9Indeed, I was alive without the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died:

11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

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Cross References

Romans 10:5For Moses describes the justification which is by the law: That the man who does these things shall live by them.

Galatians 3:12The law, indeed, is not of faith; but he that does these things shall live by them.

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:8-25

Excellency of the Law; Usefulness of the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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