Romans 7:9
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
In Context
10And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
Matthew 19:20The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?
Luke 10:25And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
Luke 18:9And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Romans 3:19Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
Romans 7:6But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
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 →