Romans 7:10
and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
In Context
9Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;
Cross References
Romans 10:5Moses says that he whose actions conform to the righteousness required by the Law shall live by that righteousness.
Galatians 3:12and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing 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 →