Romans 7:10
But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
11For sinne tooke occasion by the commandement, and deceiued me, and thereby slewe me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them.
Ezekiel 20:21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against mee: they walked not in my statutes, nor kept my iudgements to doe them, which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them, but they polluted my Sabbaths: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpon them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the wildernes.
Romans 10:5For Moses thus describeth the righteousnes which is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shall liue thereby.
Galatians 3:12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in 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 →