Romans 7:10
and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
11For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and made known to them my laws, through which the man that keepeth them shall live.
Ezekiel 20:21But the sons rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept they my ordinances to do them, through which the man that doeth them shall live, and they polluted my sabbaths. Then I said that I would pour out my fury upon them, and accomplish mine anger upon them in the desert.
Romans 10:5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the Law: “The man that hath done these things shall live by them.”
Galatians 3:12And the Law hath nothing to do with faith; but [[its language is]], “He that hath done them shall 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 →