Romans 7:9
And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
American Standard Version
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
10and the commandment, which [was] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death:
Cross References
Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?
Luke 10:25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:9And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Romans 7:6But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in 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 →