Romans 7:9
And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.
Matthew 19:20The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?
Luke 10:25And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?
Luke 18:9And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
Romans 3:19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.
Romans 7:6But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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 →