Romans 7:11
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
Updated King James Version
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 ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Cross References
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jeremiah 49:16Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of yours heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from thence, says the LORD.
Romans 7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Ephesians 4:22That all of you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
James 1:22But be all of you doers of the word, (o. logos) and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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 →