Romans 7:9
And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
In Context
10and the commandment of life was found by me to be unto death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill: and every one that killeth, is obnoxious to judgment.
Matthew 19:20The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my childhood. What do I lack?
Luke 10:25And behold, a Scribe stood up to try him, and said: Teacher, what must I do, to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:9And he spake this similitude, against certain persons, who had confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and despised every one.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.
Romans 7:6But now we are absolved from the law, and are dead to that which held us in its grasp: that we might henceforth serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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 →