Romans 7:9
For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 to bring life, I found to bring death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21“You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.
Matthew 19:20The young man said to Him, “All these have I kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”
Luke 10:25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 18:9Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the others:
Romans 3:19Now we know that as many things as the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 7:6But now we were released from the law, having died in that to which we were held fast, so that we should serve as slaves in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. 1 Sin's Advantage in 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 →