Romans 7:12

Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

13Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?

Nehemiah 9:13“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

Psalms 119:38Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

Psalms 119:127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Psalms 119:140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Romans 3:31Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish 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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