Romans 7:9
But I was alive at one time without law: but the commandment having come, sin revived,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
10and I died; and the commandment, which was unto life, the same was unto death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment;
Matthew 19:20The young man says to Him, All these have I kept from my youth: what lack I yet?
Luke 10:25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting Him, saying, Teacher, having done what shall I inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:9And He spoke this parable to certain ones having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and despising the rest.
Romans 3:19But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God.
Romans 7:6But now we have been made free from the law, being dead in that in which we were held; so that we serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness 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 →