Romans 7:12

So then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

13Did then that which was good become for me death? Never! but sin did; that it might be manifest as sin, by that the unutterable malignity of sin might become plain through the commandment.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

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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