Romans 7:9
I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died.
Free Bible Version
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
10I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You've heard that the law said to the people of long ago: ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who commits murder will be condemned as guilty.’
Matthew 19:20“I've kept all these commandments,” the young man said. “What else do I need to do?”
Luke 10:25Once an expert in religious law stood up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “What do I have to do to gain eternal life?”
Luke 18:9He also told this story about those who are so sure that they are living right, and who put everybody else down.
Romans 3:19It's clear that everything in the law applies to those who live under the law so that no one could have any excuses, and to make sure everyone in the whole world is answerable to God.
Romans 7:6But now we've been set free from the law, and have died to what kept us in chains, so that we can serve in the newness of the spirit and not the old letter of 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 →