Romans 7:10
So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by 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 →