Romans 7:9
I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued,
Bible (Bishops')
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 5:21Ye haue hearde, that it was sayde to them of the olde tyme, thou shalt not kyll: who so euer kylleth, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.
Matthew 19:20The young man sayth vnto hym: All these [thynges] haue I kept, from my youth vp: what lacke I yet?
Luke 10:25And beholde, a certaine lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying: Maister, what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe? He sayde vnto hym:
Luke 18:9And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other.
Romans 3:19Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God.
Romans 7:6But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe, and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage, that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite, and not in the oldnesse 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 →