Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.
12Therefore, the law is holy, and the commandment, holy and just and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, rendered active within me every evil desire. For without the law, sin was dead.
Ephesians 4:22that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires,
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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 →