Romans 7:12

And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

11For sin, receiving an opportunity through the commandment, seduced me, and, through the law, sin killed me.

13Then was what is good made into death for me? Let it not be so! But rather sin, in order that it might be known as sin by what is good, wrought death in me; so that sin, through the commandment, might become sinful beyond measure.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes?

Nehemiah 9:13You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.

Romans 3:31Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.

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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