Romans 7:10
The commandment that was to bring life turned out to be death for me.
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In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
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Ezekiel 20:11Then I gave them my statutes and made my decrees known to them, by which a man will live if he obeys them.
Ezekiel 20:21But their sons and daughters rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes or keep my decrees, by which a man might live if he obeys them. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I determined to pour out my fury upon them to satisfy my wrath against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the law: “The man who does the righteousness of the law will live by this righteousness.”
Galatians 3:12But the law is not of faith, rather, “The person who does the works of the law must live by 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 →