Romans 7:11
for sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, deceived me, and through it, slew [me],
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;
12so that the Law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, || It has turned him aside, || And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 49:16Your terribleness has lifted you up, || The pride of your heart, || O dweller in clefts of the rock, || Holding the high place of the height, || For you make your nest high as an eagle, || From there I bring you down, || A declaration of YHWH.
Romans 7:8“You will not covet”; and sin having received an opportunity, through the command, worked in me all covetousness—for apart from law sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
James 1:22and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving 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 →