Romans 7:11
Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10The commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!
12And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8But sin took advantage of the commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
Ephesians 4:22For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
James 1:22Put that message into practice, and do not merely listen to it – 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 →