Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10And the commandment, which was for life, that I found to be for death.
12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting. For without law, sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22that ye put off, as concerns your former deportment, the old man who is corrupted according to the lusts of deceit,
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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 →