Romans 7:10
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
King James Version
In Context
9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Cross References
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ezekiel 20:21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Romans 10:5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Galatians 3:12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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 →