Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

13Has that then which is good brought death to me? Certainly not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the 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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