Romans 7:12

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Because the sin, grasping an opportunity through the commandment, completely deceived me, and used it to ‘kill’ me.

13So has what is good become death to me? Of course not! Rather the sin, that it might be exposed as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment the sin might become extremely sinful.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then nullify law through the Faith? Of course not! Rather, we uphold 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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