Romans 7:12

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.

13Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes?

Nehemiah 9:13Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.

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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