Romans 7:10

The commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!

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And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

In Context

9There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

11Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.

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Cross References

Romans 10:5For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, those who practice it will find life through it.

Galatians 3:12But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are – ‘Those who practice these precepts will find life through 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 →

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