Romans 7:9
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Majority Standard Bible
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
10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
Matthew 19:20“All these I have kept from my youth,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Romans 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
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 →