Romans 7:11
For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
In Context
10and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
12So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.
Cross References
Romans 7:8Sin took advantage of this, and by means of the Commandment stirred up within me every kind of coveting; for apart from Law sin would be dead.
Ephesians 4:22to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,
James 1:22But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon 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 →