Romans 7:11
For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.
12So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, and good.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:20He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, The pride of thy heart, Because thou dwellest in the recesses of the rock, And holdest the height of the hill. Though thou set thy nest on high, like the eagle, From thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
Romans 7:8But sin, seizing the opportunity, wrought in me by means of the commandment all manner of sinful desire; for without the Law sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit,
James 1:22But be 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 →