Romans 7:10
I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
11because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11There I gave them my laws and explained to them my regulations so that those who kept them would live.
Ezekiel 20:21But their children also rebelled against me. They didn't follow my laws and didn't keep my regulations, even though they would have given them life. They violated my Sabbaths. So I warned them that I would punish them in my anger there in the desert.
Romans 10:5Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”
Galatians 3:12Obedience to the law has nothing to do with trusting God. Scripture only says, “You will live if you observe everything the law requires.”
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 →