Romans 7:9
For I was once alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died.
Revised King James New Testament
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, which was intended to bring life, I found to bring death.
Cross References
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to them of old, You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be subject to judgment:
Matthew 19:20The young man said to him, All these things I have kept from my youth up: what do I still lack?
Luke 10:25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:9And he spoke this parable to certain people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 7:6But now we have been released from the law, dead to that which held us bound; so that we serve in newness of 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 →