Romans 7:12

And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

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Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

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

13Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:38Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who revere you.

Psalms 119:127Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Psalms 119:140Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.

Romans 3:31Do we, then, use this faith to abolish Law? Heaven forbid! No, we establish Law.

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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