Romans 7:10
and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, sin revived, and I died;
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I give My statutes to them, || And I caused them to know My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them.
Ezekiel 20:21And the sons rebel against Me, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have not observed My judgments—to do them, || Which the man who does—lives by them. They have defiled My Sabbaths, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them, || To complete My anger against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5for Moses describes the righteousness that [is] of the Law, that, “The man who did them will live in them,”
Galatians 3:12and the Law is not by faith, rather, “The man who did them will live in them.”
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 →