Romans 7:12

So then the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

11For sin, seizing the occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and thereby slew me.

13Did then that which is good become fatal to me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin by that which was good in itself, was the cause of death to me; that sin through the commandment might become transcendantly sinful.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then abolish the law through faith? God forbid: but on the contrary, we give the law stability.

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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