Romans 7:11
For sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10And the commandment, which was intended to bring life, I found to bring death.
12Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, and just, and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law sin is dead.
Ephesians 4:22Then put off the old man, which belongs to your former life, which is corrupt through deceitful lusts;
James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving 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 →