Romans 7:9

For I once was aliue, without the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

In Context

8But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead.

10But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:21Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of the olde time, Thou shalt not kill: for whosoeuer killeth shalbe culpable of iudgement.

Matthew 19:20The yong man sayd vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?

Luke 10:25Then beholde, a certaine Lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe, to inherite eternall life?

Luke 18:9He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other.

Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.

Romans 7:6But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

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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