Romans 7:12

Wherefore, the law is holy; and the commandment is holy, and righteous, and good.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

13Did that which is good, therefore, become death to me? Far be it. But sin, that it might be seen to be sin, perfected death in me by means of that good law; that sin might the more be condemned, by means of the commandment.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do, we then nullify the law by faith? Far be it. On the contrary, we establish the law.

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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