Romans 7:12

So that the Torah is kedoshah (holy) and the mitzvoh (commandment) is kedoshah and yasharah and tovah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11For Chet (Sin), seizing its opportunity through the mitzvoh (commandment), deceived me and, through the mitzvoh (commandment), killed me. + 7:11 Gn 3:1-6

13Did that which is good, then, become mavet (death) to me? Chas v'shalom! But Chet (Sin), it was Chet, working mavet (death) in me through that which is tovah, in order that Chet might be shown as Chet (Sin), and in order that Chet through the mitzvoh (commandment) might become chata'ah gedolah ad m'od (utterly sinful).

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8And what nation is there so great, that hath chukkim and mishpatim tzaddikim as all this torah, which I set before you today?

Nehemiah 9:13Thou camest down also upon Mt Sinai, and spoke with them from Shomayim, and gavest them mishpatim yesharim, and torot emes, chukkim and mitzvot tovim;

Psalms 119:38Establish Thy word unto Thy eved, 1 which is for the fear of Thee. 1

Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Thy mitzvot above zahav; 1 yes, above fine gold. 1

Psalms 119:140Thy word is very tested; 1 therefore Thy eved loveth it. 1

Romans 3:31Does it follow that we abolish Torah and make it invalid through emunah? Chas v'shalom! Aderaba (to the contrary), we uphold the Torah. + 3:31 See Ro 4:3; 8:4; Ac 21:26

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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