Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Psalms 119:38Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Psalms 119:140Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

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 →

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