Romans 7:11
because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,
12However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, seduced by the deceptive thinking of his mind. He can't save himself, and he doesn't even ask, “Isn't this idol I'm holding just a lie?”
Jeremiah 49:16The fear you once created in others, and your pride in yourselves, has fooled you into overconfidence, you people living on the rocky mountain tops. Though you make your homes high out of reach like an eagle's nest, I will tear you down, even from there, declares the Lord.
Romans 7:8But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires!
James 1:22But do what the word says—don't just listen to it and delude yourselves.
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 →