Romans 7:10
and the commandment, which [was] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death:
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
11for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
Galatians 3:12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them 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 →