Romans 7:9

And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, sin revived, and I died;

Literal Standard 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

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.

10and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:21You heard that it was said to the ancients: You will not murder, and whoever may murder will be in danger of the judgment;

Matthew 19:20The young man says to Him, “All these I kept from my youth; what yet do I lack?”

Luke 10:25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, trying Him, and saying, “Teacher, what having done, will I inherit continuous life?”

Luke 18:9And He also spoke to some who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this allegory:

Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Romans 7:6and now we have ceased from the Law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

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 →

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