Romans 7:10
And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Ezekiel 20:21But their children provoked me, they walked not in my commandments, nor observed my judgments to do them: which if a man do, he shell live in them: and they violated my sabbaths: and I threatened to pour out my indignation upon them, and to accomplish my wrath in them in the desert.
Romans 10:5For Moses wrote, that the justice which is of the law, the man that shall do it, shall live by it.
Galatians 3:12But the law is not of faith: but, He that doth those things, shall live in 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 →