Romans 7:12

So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

In Context

11For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death.

13Did then a thing which is good become death to me? No, indeed, but sin did; so that through its bringing about death by means of what was good, it might be seen in its true light as sin, in order that by means of the Commandment the unspeakable sinfulness of sin might be plainly shown.

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Cross References

Romans 3:31Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.

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 →

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