Romans 7:11
For sin, by the occasion which it found by means of the commandment, seduced me; and thereby slew me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10and the commandment of life was found by me to be unto death.
12Wherefore, the law is holy; and the commandment is holy, and righteous, and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8and by this commandment, sin found occasion, and perfected in me all concupiscence: for without the law, sin was dead.
Ephesians 4:22But ye have learned, that ye should lay aside your former practices, the old man that is corrupted with the lusts of error;
James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves.
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 →