Romans 7:10

and the commandment of life was found by me to be unto death.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;

11For sin, by the occasion which it found by means of the commandment, seduced me; and thereby slew me.

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Cross References

Romans 10:5For Moses describeth the righteousness, which is by the law, thus: Whoever shall do these things, shall live by them.

Galatians 3:12Now the law is not of faith; but, whoever shall do the things written in it, shall live by them.

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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