Romans 7:10
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
11For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
Ezekiel 20:21But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.
Romans 10:5For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
Galatians 3:12And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life 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 →