Romans 7:10
And that commandment of life was found to me (to tend) unto death.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9But I was alive without the law formerly: but when the commandment came, sin lived, and I died.
11For sin, by the occasion it found through the commandment, deceived me, and thereby killed me.
Cross References
Romans 10:5FOR Musha thus describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that he who doeth these things shall live by them.
Galatians 3:12But the law is not of faith: but he who doeth those things that are written in it shall 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 →