Romans 7:10
and I died. And the commandment, which was unto life, was itself found to be unto death for me.
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In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.
Ezekiel 20:21But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.
Romans 10:5And Moses wrote, about the justice that is of the law, that the man who will have done justice shall live by justice.
Galatians 3:12But the law is not of faith; instead, “he who 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 →