Romans 7:10
The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
11for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
Ezekiel 20:21“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and didn’t keep my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”
Galatians 3:12The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them will 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 →