Romans 7:10

and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

In Context

9Once I lived apart from the Law, myself; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

11For sin, when it had gained a vantage-ground through the commandment, beguiled me, and through it slew me.

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Cross References

Romans 10:5For Moses writes concerning the righteousness of the Law, saying, The man that doeth it shall live by it.

Galatians 3:12and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.

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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