Romans 7:11
for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 49:16As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
Romans 7:8But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
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 →